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- Dictionaryantecedent/ˌantɪˈsiːd(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. a thing that existed before or logically precedes another: "some antecedents to the African novel might exist in Africa's oral traditions" Similar
- 2. a person's ancestors or family and social background: "her early life and antecedents have been traced" Similar Opposite
adjective
- 1. preceding in time or order; previous or pre-existing: "antecedent events"
- 2. denoting or counting as an antecedent.
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The meaning of ANTECEDENT is a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in 'Mary saw John and called to him'); broadly : a word or phrase replaced by a substitute. How to use antecedent in a sentence.
ANTECEDENT definition: 1. someone or something existing or happening before, especially as the cause or origin of…. Learn more.
a word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence. In Jane lost a glove and she can't find it, Jane is the antecedent of she and glove is the antecedent of it.
a word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence. In Jane lost a glove and she can't find it, Jane is the antecedent of she and glove is the antecedent of it. 5. Math. a.
ANTECEDENT meaning: 1. someone or something existing or happening before, especially as the cause or origin of…. Learn more.
Definition of antecedent noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
In logic, mathematics, and grammar, the word antecedent (from Latin ante-, "before" + cedere, "to yield") has the meaning "the first part of a statement." More generally, it means "something that came before, and perhaps caused, something else."
ANTECEDENT meaning: 1 : a word or phrase that is represented by another word (such as a pronoun); 2 : something that came before something else and may have influenced or caused it.
An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
1. ancestors, family, line, stock, blood, descent, extraction, ancestry, forebears, forefathers, genealogy, progenitors a Frenchman with Irish antecedents. 2. past, history, background a series of conditions or antecedents which may have contributed to the situation.
