| 单词 | antecedent |
| 释义 | antecedent —antecedental /an'teuh see den"tl/, adj. —antecedently, adv. /an'teuh seed"nt/, adj. 1. preceding; prior: an antecedent event. n. 2. a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc. 3. antecedents, a. ancestors. b. the history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life: Little is known about his birth and antecedents. 4. Gram. a word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence. In Jane lost a glove and she can't find it, Jane is the antecedent of she and glove is the antecedent of it. 5. Math. a. the first term of a ratio; the first or third term of a proportion. b. the first of two vectors in a dyad. 6. Logic. the conditional element in a proposition, as "Caesar conquered Gaul," in "If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general." [1350-1400; ME ( < MF) < L antecedent- (s. of antecedens) going before, prp. of antecedere to ANTECEDE; see -ENT] Syn. 1. precursory, preexistent. 2. precursor, forerunner, ancestor. Ant. 1. subsequent. 2. successor. |
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