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Showing words for ANTECEDENT using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Antecedent

antecedent

9 Letter Words for Antecedent

cadenette, dancettee

8 Letter Words for Antecedent

antecede, attendee, dancette, detenant, edentate, neatened, tenanted, tendance, tendence

7 Letter Words for Antecedent

cadette, candent, canette, canteen, centena, datente, dentate, detente, enacted, enecate, entente, tendant, tendent, tenenda

6 Letter Words for Antecedent

annect, attend, cadent, canned, cannet, canted, catted, cedent, cetane, cetene, decane, decant, decate, decene, decent, decnet, dectet, dennet, detant, detect, detent, dtente, ectene, endent, ennead, entete, neaten, neednt, netted, tanned, teated, teened, teenet, teetan, tenace, tenant, tenent, tented

5 Letter Words for Antecedent

acned, acted, anend, anent, annet, anted, cadee, cadet, caned, ctene, dance, dante, decan, denat, denet, detat, dette, eaned, eaten, ectad, eeten, enact, enate, enent, entad, entea, entte, nance, needn, nenta, tacet, teade, teaed, tecta, teend, teene, tenet, tenne

4 Letter Words for Antecedent

aced, acne, aden, adet, ance, anet, anne, ante, ated, atte, attn, cade, cand, cane, cann, cant, cate, cede, cene, cent, cete, dace, dane, dant, date, dean, deen, deet, dene, dent, detn, ecad, edea, eden, ende, ened, etat, eten, etna, nace, nane, nant, neat, need, neet, nene, nete, tace, tact, tade, taed, taen, tane, tate, tead, tean, teat, teca, teed, teen, teet, tend, tene, tent, tete

3 Letter Words for Antecedent

ace, act, adc, ade, anc, and, ane, ann, ant, ate, att, cad, can, cat, cee, cen, cte, ctn, dae, dan, dat, dca, dea, dec, dee, den, det, dna, ead, ean, eat, ect, eec, een, enc, end, ene, eta, etc, nad, nae, nat, nea, ned, nee, net, nne, tad, tan, tat, tdt, tea, tec, ted, tee, ten, tet, tnt

Definitions for Antecedent

[1] preceding; prior: an antecedent event.
[2] a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc.
[3] antecedents, ancestors. the history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life: Little is known about his birth and antecedents.
[4] Grammar . 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] Mathematics . the first term of a ratio; the first or third term of a proportion. 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.”
[7] an event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another
[8] grammar a word or phrase to which a pronoun refers. In the sentence "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones," people is the antecedent of who
[9] logic the hypothetical clause, usually introduced by "if", in a conditional statement: that which implies the other
[10] maths an obsolescent name for numerator (def. 1)
[11] denying the antecedent logic the fallacy of inferring the falsehood of the consequent of a conditional statement, given the truth of the conditional and the falsehood of its antecedent, as if there are five of them, there are more than four: there are not five, so there are not more than four
[12] preceding in time or order; prior

Words related to Antecedent

anterior, past, precedent, former, preliminary, earlier, foregoing, preceding, previous, precursory

Words nearby Antecedent

anteater, antebellum, antecede, antecedence, antecedency, antecedent, antecedents, antecessor, antechamber, antechapel, antechoir

Origin of Antecedent

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin antecēdent- (stem of antecēdēns ) going before, present participle of antecēdere to antecede; see -ent

Words that may be confused with Antecedent

antecedence, antecedents

Other words from Antecedent

an·te·ce·den·tal [an-tuh -see-den -tl] /ˌæn tə siˈdɛn tl/ , adjective
an·te·ced·ent·ly , adverb

Synonyms for Antecedent

anterior, former, past, precedent, preliminary, earlier, foregoing, preceding, precursory, previous