Definitions from Wiktionary (antecedent)

▸ adjective:  Earlier, either in time or in order.
▸ adjective:  Presumptive.
▸ noun:  Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
▸ noun:  An ancestor.
▸ noun:  (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
▸ noun:  (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
▸ noun:  (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
▸ noun:  (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
▸ noun:  (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
▸ Also see antecedent






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