ALL meanings of antecedents
an·te·ced·ent
A a - abbreviation ANTECEDENTS ancestry 4
- noun plural antecedents a person's past history 4
- noun antecedents Grammar. a word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence. In Jane lost a glove and she can't find it, Jane is the antecedent of she and glove is the antecedent of it. 1
- noun antecedents Mathematics. the first term of a ratio; the first or third term of a proportion. the first of two vectors in a dyad. 1
- noun antecedents Logic. the conditional element in a proposition, as “Caesar conquered Gaul,” in “If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.”. 1
- noun antecedents Plural form of antecedent. 1
- adjective antecedents preceding; prior: an antecedent event. 1
- noun antecedents a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc. 1
- noun antecedents antecedents. ancestors. the history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life: Little is known about his birth and antecedents. 1
- noun antecedents plural of antecedent. 0