antecedent 音标拼音: [
, ænt'ɛsədənt] [
, æntɪs'idənt]
a . 先前的,先行的
n . 前事,先例,先行词
先前的,先行的前事,先例,先行词
antecedent 先行
antecedent adj 1 :
preceding in time or order [
ant : {
subsequent }]
n 1 :
someone from whom you are descended (
but usually more remote than a grandparent ) [
synonym : {
ancestor }, {
ascendant },
{
ascendent }, {
antecedent }, {
root }] [
ant : {
descendant },
{
descendent }]
2 :
a preceding occurrence or cause or event 3 :
anything that precedes something similar in time ; "
phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience " [
synonym : {
antecedent },
{
forerunner }]
4 :
the referent of an anaphor ;
a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun Antecedent \
An `
te *
ced "
ent \,
a . [
L .
antecedens , -
entis ,
p .
pr .
of antecedere :
cf .
F .
ant ['
e ]
c ['
e ]
dent .]
1 .
Going before in time ;
prior ;
anterior ;
preceding ;
as ,
an event antecedent to the Deluge ;
an antecedent cause .
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2 .
Presumptive ;
as ,
an antecedent improbability .
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Syn :
Prior ;
previous ;
foregoing .
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Antecedent \
An `
te *
ced "
ent \,
n . [
Cf .
F .
ant ['
e ]
c ['
e ]
dent .]
1 .
That which goes before in time ;
that which precedes .
--
South .
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The Homeric mythology ,
as well as the Homeric language ,
has surely its antecedents . --
Max Miller .
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2 .
One who precedes or goes in front . [
Obs .]
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My antecedent ,
or my gentleman usher . --
Massinger .
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3 .
pl .
The earlier events of one '
s life ;
previous principles ,
conduct ,
course ,
history . --
J .
H .
Newman .
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If the troops . . .
prove worthy of their antecedents ,
the victory is surely ours . --
Gen .
G .
McClellan .
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4 . (
Gram .)
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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5 . (
Logic )
(
a )
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition ;
as ,
If the earth is fixed ,
the sun must move .
(
b )
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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6 . (
Math .)
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 .
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114 Moby Thesaurus words for "
antecedent ":
agency ,
ancestor ,
ancestors ,
announcer ,
antecede ,
antecedents ,
antedate ,
anterior ,
anticipatory ,
ascendant ,
ascendants ,
avant -
garde ,
base ,
basis ,
bellwether ,
buccinator ,
bushwhacker ,
call ,
causation ,
cause ,
cause and effect ,
chief ,
ci -
devant ,
determinant ,
determinative ,
earlier ,
early ,
elder ,
elders ,
element ,
etiology ,
exordial ,
explorer ,
factor ,
fathers ,
first ,
fore ,
forebear ,
forebears ,
forefather ,
forefathers ,
foregoer ,
foregoing ,
foremost ,
forerun ,
forerunner ,
former ,
front runner ,
frontiersman ,
fugleman ,
grandfathers ,
grandparents ,
ground ,
groundbreaker ,
grounds ,
guide ,
harbinger ,
heading ,
headmost ,
herald ,
inaugural ,
initiatory ,
innovator ,
instrumentality ,
lead runner ,
leader ,
leading ,
means ,
messenger ,
occasion ,
older ,
pace ,
past ,
pathfinder ,
patriarchs ,
pioneer ,
point ,
precedent ,
preceding ,
precessional ,
precurrent ,
precursor ,
precursory ,
predate ,
predecessor ,
predecessors ,
preexistent ,
prefatory ,
preliminary ,
preludial ,
prelusive ,
premise ,
preparatory ,
prevenient ,
previous ,
prime ,
primogenitor ,
principle ,
prior ,
proemial ,
progenitor ,
progenitors ,
propaedeutic ,
prototype ,
reason ,
scout ,
senior ,
stimulus ,
stormy petrel ,
trailblazer ,
trailbreaker ,
vanguard ,
vaunt -
courier ,
voortrekker
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