"antecedent" meaning in English

See antecedent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt/ Audio: En-ca-antecedent.oga , LL-Q7979-Soundguys-antecedent.wav
Etymology: From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|antecedent}} Middle English antecedent, {{der|en|fro|antecedent}} Old French antecedent, {{der|en|la|antecēdēns|t=going before}} Latin antecēdēns (“going before”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} antecedent (not comparable)
  1. Earlier, either in time or in order. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: precedent#Adjective, predecessive, preceding Translations (earlier in time or order): предшестващ (predšestvašt) (Bulgarian), предишен (predišen) (Bulgarian), voorafgaand (Dutch), vroeger (Dutch), edeltävä (Finnish), antécédent (French), früher (German), vorausgehend (German), vorgängig (German), voriger [masculine] (German), vorige [feminine] (German), voriges [neuter] (German), vorangehend (German), vorrangig (German), vorhergehend (German), vor- (German), पूर्ववर्ती (pūrvavartī) (Hindi), पूर्वगामी (pūrvagāmī) (Hindi), megelőző (Hungarian), korábbi (Hungarian), előbbi (Hungarian), undanfari [masculine] (Icelandic), antecedente (Italian), antecēdēns (Latin), sebelum (Malay), antecedentny (Polish), uprzedni (Polish), antecedente (Portuguese), antecedent (Romanian), precedent (Romanian), предше́ствующий (predšéstvujuščij) [masculine] (Russian), предыду́щий (predydúščij) [masculine] (Russian), antecedente (Spanish), nauna (Tagalog), попередній (poperednij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), передуючий (peredujučyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-antecedent-en-adj-zyABVo2p Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 18 10 11 11 8 16 5 4 Disambiguation of 'earlier in time or order': 100 0
  2. Presumptive. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-antecedent-en-adj-5W59alAg Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 18 10 11 11 8 16 5 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antecedently, antecedent phrase Related terms: antecede, antecedence, precedence

Noun

IPA: /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt/ Audio: En-ca-antecedent.oga , LL-Q7979-Soundguys-antecedent.wav Forms: antecedents [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|antecedent}} Middle English antecedent, {{der|en|fro|antecedent}} Old French antecedent, {{der|en|la|antecēdēns|t=going before}} Latin antecēdēns (“going before”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} antecedent (plural antecedents)
  1. Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing. Synonyms (something which precedes): precedent, precursor Translations (any thing that precedes another thing): предшественик (predšestvenik) (Bulgarian), antecedent [masculine] (Catalan), 前情 (qián qíng) (Chinese Mandarin), předchůdce [masculine] (Czech), příčina [feminine] (Czech), antecedent [neuter] (Dutch), voorafgaande [neuter] (Dutch), edeltäjä (Finnish), edeltävä asia (Finnish), antécédent [masculine] (French), Vorgeschichte [feminine] (German), Ursache [feminine] (German), Vorleben [neuter] (German), Vorangehende [neuter] (German), Vorhergehende [neuter] (German), Antezedenz [feminine] (German), Vorläufer [masculine] (German), Vorstufe [feminine] (German), Vorform [feminine] (German), προηγούμενος (proïgoúmenos) [masculine] (Greek), πρότερος (próteros) [masculine] (Greek), पूर्ववृत्त (pūrvavŕtt) (Hindi), पूर्ववर्त्ती (pūrvavarttī) (Hindi), पूर्ववृत्तांत (pūrvavŕttānt) (Hindi), előzmény (Hungarian), undanfari [masculine] (Icelandic), antecedente [masculine] (Italian), antecēdēns [neuter] (Latin), sebelum (Malay), antecedente [masculine] (Portuguese), antecedent [neuter] (Romanian), precedent [neuter] (Romanian), antecedente [masculine] (Spanish), föregångare [common-gender] (Swedish), nauna (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-antecedent-en-noun-tvI-PFze Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 6 13 17 13 13 19 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 5 19 10 14 10 21 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 6 16 16 15 11 18 9 4 Disambiguation of 'something which precedes': 39 7 12 6 28 3 5 Disambiguation of 'any thing that precedes another thing': 85 1 4 2 7 1 1
  2. An ancestor. Synonyms (an ancestor): ascendant, ascendent, forebear, forefather, forerunner, predecessor, progenitor Translations (ancestor): 前辈 (qián bèi) (Chinese Mandarin), předek [masculine] (Czech), voorouder [common-gender] (Dutch), esi-isä (Finnish), esivanhempi (Finnish), ascendant [masculine] (French), Ahne [feminine, masculine] (German), Vorläufer [masculine] (German), Vorfahre [masculine] (German), Vorfahr [masculine] (German), Uhrahn [masculine] (German), Uhrahne [feminine, masculine] (German), Stammvater [masculine] (German), Ahn [masculine] (German), Ahnin [feminine] (German), πρόγονος (prógonos) [masculine] (Greek), ős (Hungarian), antenato [masculine] (Italian), progenitore [masculine] (Italian), keturunan (Malay), antecedente [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ancestral [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), antepassado [masculine] (Portuguese), antecedente [masculine] (Spanish), antepasado [masculine] (Spanish), ancestro [masculine] (Spanish), tiền bối (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-antecedent-en-noun-8k~PgPRi Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 6 13 17 13 13 19 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 5 19 10 14 10 21 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 6 16 16 15 11 18 9 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 18 10 11 11 8 16 5 4 Disambiguation of 'an ancestor': 7 82 3 3 3 1 1 Disambiguation of 'ancestor': 5 81 3 3 3 2 2
  3. (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form. Categories (topical): Grammar Holonyms (in grammar): referent Translations (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun): 先行詞 /先行词 (xiānxíngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), antecedent [neuter] (Dutch), korrelaatti (Finnish), antécédent [masculine] (French), Beziehungswort [neuter] (German), Bezugselement [neuter] (German), Antezedens [neuter] (German), Bezugswort [neuter] (German), पूर्ववर्त्ती (pūrvavarttī) (Hindi), undanfari [masculine] (Icelandic), antecedente [masculine] (Italian), 先行詞 (senkōshi) (alt: せんこうし) (Japanese), anteseden (Malay), төлөөлөгдөхүүн (tölöölögdöxüün) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), antecedente [masculine] (Portuguese), antecedente [masculine] (Spanish), rhagflaenydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-antecedent-en-noun-RkB1JO8y Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 6 13 17 13 13 19 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 5 19 10 14 10 21 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 6 16 16 15 11 18 9 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 18 10 11 11 8 16 5 4 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'in grammar': 11 12 38 14 11 10 5 Disambiguation of 'word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun': 6 3 74 5 8 3 1
  4. (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent. Categories (topical): Logic Translations (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition): antecedent [neuter] (Dutch), etujäsen (Finnish), antécédent [masculine] (French), Antezedens [neuter] (German), υπόθεση (ypóthesi) [feminine] (Greek), पूर्ववर्त्ती (pūrvavarttī) (Hindi), forliður [feminine] (Icelandic), antecedente [masculine] (Italian), antecedens [masculine] (Polish), antecedente [masculine] (Portuguese), antecedente [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-antecedent-en-noun-XlDd0ZDs Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 6 13 17 13 13 19 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 6 16 16 15 11 18 9 4 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'conditional part of a hypothetical proposition': 3 5 6 72 7 5 2
  5. (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true. Categories (topical): Logic
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  6. (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-antecedent-en-noun-cLCQlSzt Topics: mathematics, sciences
  7. (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc. Tags: in-plural Translations (Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.): antecedencje [feminine, plural] (Polish), anteriora [neuter, plural] (Polish), antecedens [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-antecedent-en-noun-6ppPB5-k Disambiguation of 'Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.': 3 2 1 1 2 1 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Holonyms: argument form, in logic [conditional] Derived forms: last antecedent rule Related terms: juxtaposition

Inflected forms

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          "text": "an antecedent cause",
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          "text": "an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood",
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          "lang": "Latin",
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          "ref": "1926, H. W. Fowler, “that rel. pron.”, in A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, reprint of the first edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 634, column 2:",
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          "word": "predecessive"
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        {
          "word": "preceding"
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        "not-comparable"
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        {
          "text": "an antecedent improbability",
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        }
      ],
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        [
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        "not-comparable"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predšestvašt",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "предшестващ"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predišen",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "предишен"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "voorafgaand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "vroeger"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "edeltävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "antécédent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "früher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "vorausgehend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "vorgängig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voriger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vorige"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "voriges"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "vor-"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "पूर्ववर्ती"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "पूर्वगामी"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "megelőző"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "korábbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "előbbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "undanfari"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "antecēdēns"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "sebelum"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "antecedentny"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "uprzedni"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "antecedent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "precedent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predšéstvujuščij",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предше́ствующий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predydúščij",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предыду́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "word": "nauna"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poperednij",
      "sense": "earlier in time or order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "попередній"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “in logic”",
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      "alt": "for sequents",
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Mongolian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations"
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      "word": "last antecedent rule"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "word": "argument form"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "in grammar",
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        "sciences"
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        "philosophy",
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        [
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      "glosses": [
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        "(chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc."
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      "sense": "something which precedes",
      "word": "precedent"
    },
    {
      "sense": "something which precedes",
      "word": "precursor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "an ancestor",
      "word": "ascendant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "an ancestor",
      "word": "ascendent"
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      "sense": "an ancestor",
      "word": "forebear"
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      "sense": "an ancestor",
      "word": "forefather"
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      "sense": "an ancestor",
      "word": "forerunner"
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    {
      "sense": "an ancestor",
      "word": "predecessor"
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      "sense": "an ancestor",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predšestvenik",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "word": "предшественик"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedent"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qián qíng",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "word": "前情"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "předchůdce"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "příčina"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "antecedent"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "voorafgaande"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "word": "edeltäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "word": "edeltävä asia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antécédent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorgeschichte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ursache"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorleben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorangehende"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorhergehende"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Antezedenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorläufer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorstufe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorform"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proïgoúmenos",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "προηγούμενος"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "hi",
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pūrvavŕttānt",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "word": "पूर्ववृत्तांत"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "word": "előzmény"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "undanfari"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "antecēdēns"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "word": "sebelum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "antecedent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "precedent"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "föregångare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any thing that precedes another thing",
      "word": "nauna"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qián bèi",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "word": "前辈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "předek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "voorouder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "word": "esi-isä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "word": "esivanhempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ascendant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ahne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorläufer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorfahre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorfahr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Uhrahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Uhrahne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stammvater"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ahnin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ahne"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prógonos",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πρόγονος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "word": "ős"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antenato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "progenitore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "word": "keturunan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ancestral"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antepassado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antepasado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ancestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ancestor",
      "word": "tiền bối"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiānxíngcí",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "word": "先行詞 /先行词"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "antecedent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "word": "korrelaatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antécédent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Beziehungswort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bezugselement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Antezedens"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bezugswort"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pūrvavarttī",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "word": "पूर्ववर्त्ती"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "undanfari"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんこうし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "senkōshi",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "word": "先行詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "word": "anteseden"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tölöölögdöxüün",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "төлөөлөгдөхүүн"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhagflaenydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "antecedent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "word": "etujäsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antécédent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Antezedens"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypóthesi",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "υπόθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pūrvavarttī",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "word": "पूर्ववर्त्ती"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forliður"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedens"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "conditional part of a hypothetical proposition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "antecedencje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "anteriora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antecedens"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "antecedent"
  ],
  "word": "antecedent"
}

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