Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of antecedent is as below...

Antecedency :: Antecedency (n.) The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.

Etoolin :: Etoolin (n.) A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll..

Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) One who precedes or goes in front.

Departure :: Departure (n.) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another..

Enthymeme :: Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble..

Preparatory :: Preparatory (a.) Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability..

Abiogenist :: Abiogenist (n.) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent.

Fore :: Fore (adv.) Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon..

Precedent :: Precedent (a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services..

Foregleam :: Foregleam (n.) An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.

Antecedent :: Antecedent (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..

Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion..

They :: They (obj.) The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed..

Preterient :: Preterient (a.) Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states..

Previous :: Previous (a.) Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness..

Presupposition :: Presupposition (n.) The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.

Preconformity :: Preconformity (n.) Anticipative or antecedent conformity.

Antedate :: Antedate (n.) Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

Random Fonts

Most Popular