Finnish Meaning of antecedent

edeltävä

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Definitions and Meaning of antecedent in English

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antecedent (n)

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

a preceding occurrence or cause or event

anything that precedes something similar in time

the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

Wordnet

antecedent (a)

preceding in time or order

Webster

antecedent (a.)

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.

Webster

antecedent (n.)

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.

FAQs About the word antecedent

edeltävä

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent), a preceding occurrence or cause or event, anything that precedes something sim

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antecedency => edeltäväisuus, antecedence => edeltävyys, antecede => edeltää, antecedaneous => edeltävä, antebellum => ennen sotaa,