- antecedence, antecedents
- Antecedence means precedence; antecedents are ancestors or other things that have gone before.
Dictionary of troublesome word. Bill Bryson. 2013.
antecedence, antecedents
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antecedence, antecedents — Antecedence means precedence; antecedents are ancestors or other things that have gone before … Dictionary of troublesome word
antecedence — , antecedents Antecedence means precedence; antecedents are ancestors or other things that have gone before … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
antécédent — antécédent, ente [ ɑ̃tesedɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. m. • 1361; lat. antecedens, de cedere « aller » I ♦ Adj. Rare Antérieur logiquement ou chronologiquement. « Question sociale ? Certes. Mais la question morale est antécédente » (A. Gide). Géol. Qui… … Encyclopédie Universelle
antecedent — [ˌantɪ si:d(ə)nt] noun 1》 a thing that existed before or logically precedes another. 2》 (antecedents) a person s ancestors and social background. 3》 Grammar an earlier word, phrase, or clause to which a following pronoun refers back. 4》 Logic the … English new terms dictionary
