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The definition of antecedent
6 Definitions of: antecedent
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- noun, an event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another
- noun, grammar a word or phrase to which a pronoun refers. In the sentence ``People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones,'' people is the antecedent of who
- noun, logic the hypothetical clause, usually introduced by ``if'', in a conditional statement: that which implies the other
- noun, maths. an obsolescent name for numerator
- noun, denying the antecedent logic the fallacy of inferring the falsehood of the consequent of a conditional statement, given the truth of the conditional and the falsehood of its antecedent, as if there are five of them, there are more than four: there are not five, so there are not more than four
- adjective, preceding in time or order; prior ▷ See also antecedents
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| Synonyms: | preceding, early, former, previous, prior, preliminary, foregoing, anterior, precursory | |
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| Antonyms: | subsequent |
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of antecedent