antecedent English

Meaning antecedent meaning

What does antecedent mean?

antecedent

— noun a preceding occurrence or cause or event

— noun (= ancestor) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

— noun anything that precedes something similar in time phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience

— noun the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

— adjective preceding in time or order

Synonyms antecedent synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as antecedent?

antecedent English » English

preceding

ancestor

previous

precedent

forerunner

prior

predecessor

former

precursor

earlier

anterior

forefather

root

foregoing

foregoer

antecessor

past

forward

forebear

ascendent

ascendant

advanced

advance

a priori

trailblazer

sire

referent

quondam

protasis

primogenitor

presupposition

prerequisite

premise

prelude

preliminary

precondition

pacemaker

origin

old

illusionist

foundation

foretype

foremother

forbear

first component

ex-

correlative

correlate

anterior to

ancestress

Topics antecedent topics

What do people use antecedent to talk about?

States Time Relative time

Before

• What words refer to something that happened before?
  antecedent precedent precedence the one before

Examples antecedent examples

How do I use antecedent in a sentence?

Simple sentences

When the antecedent is this, that, these or those it is usual to use 'which'.

Movie subtitles

Antecedent will is mere wishful thinking.

It's when an antecedent event links up with a popular satanic cult myth, And it increases the tension in a community.

The tooth has no known antecedent in the fossil record.

I told the mayor's office we need to examine James' antecedent behaviors, so we're set to meet with his parents and his church group.

Now we look at the deaths in Norway, just antecedent to this period, from heart attack and stroke.

An antecedent to one I have been looking for all my life.

Is a Trill responsible for the conduct, for the acts, of its antecedent selves?

It's when an antecedent event links up with a popular Satanic cult myth..and it increases tension in the community.

Antecedent female, Caucasian, 40 years old, weight - 140lb.

News and current affairs

It had an antecedent, that is, a lack of pre-emptive resistance at home and abroad to the threat that built up in Nazi Germany during the 1930's.

Their historical antecedent is America's anti-revenue Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, not the original anti-British, pro-representation Boston Tea Party in 1773.