Antecedent
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Antecedent
Adjective
- Earlier, either in time or in order.
"an antecedent cause"
- Presumptive.
"an antecedent improbability"
Noun
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- An ancestor.
- A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
- The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p →<!-- → --> q {\displaystyle p\rightarrow q} , where p {\displaystyle p} is the antecedent, and q {\displaystyle q} is the consequent.
- The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
"(Can we add an example for this sense?)"
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