antecedent

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Earlier, either in time or in order.
an antecedent cause
an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
Đồng nghĩa: precedent, predecessive, preceding
2.
(not comparable)Presumptive.
an antecedent improbability

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

antecedents

1.
Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
2.
An ancestor.
3.
(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
4.
(logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
5.
(logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
6.
(mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
7.
(in plural)(chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.

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Đồng nghĩa

precedentpredecessiveprecedingprecedent#Adjectiveprecursor ascendantascendentforebearforefatherforerunnerpredecessor progenitorsomething which precedes precedent, precursor

Trái nghĩa

successive consequentanaphorin logic consequent, for sequents succedentin grammar anaphorsuccedent

Cùng gốc / liên quan

antecedentlyantecedent phraseantecedeantecedenceprecedence juxtaposition

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (going before), from antecēdō (to precede; excel; surpass).