English Dictionary

antecedent

/ˌantɪˈsiːdənt/

noun

Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing. / An ancestor. / (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.

The antecedent of the pronoun 'he' is the noun 'John'.

意味（1）

Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

意味（2）

An ancestor.

The Boston agent added that this clerk was a young man of wholly unquestioned veracity and reliability, of known antecedents and long with the company.

意味（3）

(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.

[W]hereas it might seem orderly that, as who is appropriated to persons, so that should have been appropriated to things […] the antecedent of that is often personal

意味（4）

(logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.

意味（5）

(logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.

意味（6）

(mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.

意味（7）

(chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.