antecedent

antecedent has 14 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• a.. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
• a.. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
• n.. That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
• n.. One who precedes or goes in front.
• n.. The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
• n.. The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
• n.. 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.
• n.. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
• n.. a preceding occurrence or cause or event
• n.. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)