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Antecedent Definition

antecedent

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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old French antecedent (French antécédent), from Latin antecēdēns (“go before”), from antecēdere (“to yield before”).

Adjective

antecedent (not comparable)

  1. Earlier, either in time or order.

Noun

Examples (linguistics: expression referred to by pronoun)
  • In “The policeman asked the boy what he was doing.”, the phrase “the boy” is the antecedent of the pronoun “he”.
  • In the sentence “I saw my girlfriend yesterday wearing her old jacket which is odd because she almost never wears it.”, the phrase “my girlfriend” is the antecedent of “her” and “old jacket” is the antecedent of “it”.

antecedent (plural antecedents)

  1. Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
  2. An ancestor.
  3. (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
  4. (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition.

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Translations

any thing that precedes another thing
ancestor
word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
  • German: Bezugswort (de) n.
  • Icelandic: undanfari (is) m.
  • Italian: antecedente (it) m.
conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
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  • Ido : antecedanto

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin antecēdēns (“go before”), from antecēdere (“to yield before”).

Noun

antecedent n. (plural antecedenten, diminutive antecedentje)

  1. antecedent (linguistics)
  2. antecedent (logic)
  3. antecedent (thing that precedes)

Antonyms

Latin

Verb

antecēdent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of antecēdō

 

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