antecedence
- noun
- /ˌæntɪˈsiːdəns/
- Formal
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antecedencia
- In the study of history, it is important to understand the antecedence of major events.
Examples
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Recognizing the antecedence of cultural practices can help us understand their evolution over time.
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The antecedence of these legal principles has shaped modern law significantly.
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Historical Antecedence
Academic text (1997) -
Notably, though, in some of what have here been claimed above to be instances of LDA, antecedence patterns parallel to that banned in 29b.
Academic text (2006) -
Too often, the specific antecedence of chosen design elements remains indeterminable, for in a region like the Willamette Valley, exceedingly few records describe any of the reasons behind particular elements in town plans.
Academic text (2006) -
The belief in the Author entails a relation of antecedence with the book for which he "thinks, suffers, and lives" (145).
Academic text (1990) -
One manifestation of this in English could, logically, involve antecedence of LDA by the genitive DP in a possessor construction.
Academic text (2006) -
For instance, a common type of LDA in various languages involves antecedence by a main clause subject of a reflexive found in a complement clause, often subjunctive, as in the Icelandic example in la cited in Ruth Reeves.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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Happening before something else in time
Being earlier than another event in time
The right to come before others in time, order, or rank
Being earlier in time or order than something else
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Antecedence starts with ante- meaning 'before' and shares the same idea as the word precede, which means 'to go before'. So, antecedence is the fact of one thing coming 'before' another or having earlier priority.