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Definition of Antecedent

Antecedent Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. That which goes before in time; that which precedes. One who precedes or goes in front. The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history. The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who. The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move. The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die. The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent. Related Definitions: An, And, Antecedent, Anterior, As, Before, Built, Cause, Conditional, Conduct, Consequent, Constitute, Contracted, Course, Deluge, Die, Earth, Enthymeme, Event, Every, First, Fixed, Four, Front, Going, History, Hypothetical, If, Improbability, In, Is, King, Life, Man, Mortal, Move, Must, Noun, Of, One, Or, Part, Preceding, Presumptive, Previous, Prince, Prior, Proportion, Proposition, Ratio, Relative, Sentence, Solomon, Sun, Syllogism, Temple, That, The, Therefore, Third, Time, To, Two, Was, Which, Who

Antecedent Translations antecedent in German is vorangehend, vorhergehend, vorher antecedent in Swedish is korelat

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