antecedents

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individuals who have gone before, as in: His antecedents left him a fortune, but he wasted most of it
{i} significant events and incidents in a person's early life; ancestors of a person
I know nothing of his antecedents - his previous life, character, or conduct (Latin, antecedens, foregoing )
plural of antecedent
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The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
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Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing
antecedent
Earlier, either in time or order
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An ancestor
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one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality
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{s} preceding, prior, previous, earlier
antecedent
preceding in time or order
antecedent
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
antecedent
{n} what goes before as a noun
antecedent
{a} going before, foregoing, prior
antecedent
One who precedes or goes in front
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The first part (if clause) of a conditional statement (Lesson 14 8)
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in a hypothetical statement, the first simple sentence, usually preceded by the word 'if'
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a word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
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The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die
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The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple,"
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Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause
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the word or phrase to which a later word or phrase (e g an anaphor) refers
antecedent
the 'if' part of a conditional; represented by p; aka hypothesis, given, problem; see consequent
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The antecedent of a rule is its left-hand side, that is, the first argument to the #$implies connective with which the rule begins Intuitively, every rule states that if the antecedent is true, then the consequent must be true
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anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
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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
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(ann-te-see-dent) Antecedent means to come before or be logically prior to something else, usually an idea, statement or proposition
antecedent
{i} something which precedes; noun phrase referred to by a personal pronoun (Grammar)
antecedent
The initial (or "if") part of a fuzzy rule
antecedent
In the study of logic, the if-clause of an if-then statement Also see: consequent
antecedent
Events that occur prior to a behavior and have an impact on that behavior; events may predict the behavior
antecedent
The IF portion of an IF-THEN rule The antecedent (condition) must be satisfied for the consequent (conclusion) to be true
antecedent
ones ancestors
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The preceding noun that a pronoun refers to: Paul hit the ball He hit it over the fence
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Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability
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The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history
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In the ratio a: b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent
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The word or word group to which a pronoun refers: Brian finally bought the stereo he had always wanted (Brian is the antecedent of the pronoun he )
antecedent
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun a preceding occurrence or cause or event anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
antecedent
consequent affirm(1)modus ponens(2)affirm the consequent deny(3)deny the antecedent(4)modus tollens
antecedent
A stimulus (i e a verbal cue, activity, event or person) that immediately precedes a behavior This stimulus may or may not serve as discriminative for a specific behavior
antecedent
In expert systems, the IF part of an IFTHEN rule See also consequent
antecedent
An antecedent is a word to which a pronoun refers In the following sentence, the antecedent for the pronoun "it" is the word "car": The new car is stylish, but it is also economical
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earlier either in time or order
antecedent
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
antecedent
In a conditional claim, the subsidiary claim before the arrow, or immediately after the word "if "
antecedent
(korrelat): term used in connection with relative pronouns and relative clauses The antecedent of a relative pronoun or a relative clause is the noun phrase that the pronoun or the clause refers back to In the following examples the antecedent of the relative clause is underlined: This is a book that I recommend Our new English teacher, who did not know the building, had trouble finding the auditorium
antecedent
The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion
antecedent
a word or phrase that restates or modifies an immediately preceding noun (e g , In My son Jake is 12 years old the appositive is Jake )
antecedent
The propositional component of a conditional proposition whose truth is the condition for the truth of the consequent In "if p then q", "p" is the antecedent
antecedent
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
antecedent
That which goes before in time; that which precedes
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When an association between two variables is defined, the first item (or left-hand side) is called the antecedent For example, in the relationship "When a prospector buys a pick, he buys a shovel 14% of the time," "buys a pick" is the antecedent
antecedent
the first voice in a canon
antecedent
(N) -a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon
antecedent
prince is the antecedent of who
antecedent
An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way. We shall first look briefly at the historical antecedents of this theory. = precursor
antecedent
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move
antecedent
The statement of conditions necessary for coming to a conclusion In a production system, this is the left-hand side of the rule
antecedents

    Hyphenation

    an·te·ced·ents

    Turkish pronunciation

    äntîsidınts

    Pronunciation

    /ˌantəˈsēdənts/ /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənts/

    Etymology

    [ "an-t&-'sE-d& ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Medieval Latin and Latin; Medieval Latin antecedent-, antecedens, from Latin, what precedes, from neuter of antecedent-, antecedens, present participle of antecedere to go before, from ante- + cedere to go.
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