An antecedent is a thing that comes before something else. You might think rap music has no historical antecedent, but earlier forms of African American spoken verse go back for centuries.
Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding;
Noun
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
Noun
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
Noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Noun
anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
Adjective
preceding in time or order
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.
Antecedent
Antecedent
The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents.2.
My antecedent, or my gentleman usher.3.
If the troops . . . prove worthy of their antecedents, the victory is surely ours.4.
Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding;
That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
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