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antecedently

antecedently

8.7
Happens at an earlier time than something else
  • adverb
  • /ˌæntiˈsiːdəntli/
translation icon : anteriormente
  • This is a move designed to turn solidarity into "a matter of imaginative identification with the details of others' lives, rather than a recognition of something antecedently shared."

Or if I knew that new antecedently that a guest was interested in such things, I might suggest it.

Examples

  • Antecedently, she had shown great interest in the project before the team met.

  • Or if I knew that new antecedently that a guest was interested in such things, I might suggest it.

    Robinson Erhardt

  • Thus, on this account, in the closed, finite property case, I can accumulate two more units of property only by denying them to you and to everyone else, on the assumption that antecedently you had their use and enjoyment.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Conversely, deductions that yield legitimate a priori principles for domains of cognition that were antecedently known or credible are called weak.

    Academic text (2017)

  • In addition, if the line between direct and indirect responsibilities is not antecedently knowable with some objective (transcontextual) clarity, the door would seem left open for individual subjects to construe their direct responsibilities in accordance with their own personal criteria.

    Academic text (1990)

  • He studied the report antecedently to making his final decision.

  • The results were better than anticipated because the team had worked hard antecedently to the deadline.

Synonyms

previously
vsantecedently
625 1.1

At an earlier time than now or the time mentioned

has identical meaning but uses different wording
afore
vsantecedently
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Used in old language to mean in front of someone or before a time

refers only to earlier time, not to physical position

Antonyms

subsequently
  • Formal
113 4.8

After something else happens

How Early

antecedently
8.7
previously
625 1.1
then
∞ 1.0
afterward
  • US
204 1.1

Surface Forms

antecedently positive

Morphology

antecedently = antecedent (transparent) = antecedent + ly

Formed by a standard adverbial suffix '-ly' on 'antecedent', so the adverbial meaning 'previously' follows directly from the base.

Etymology

Antecedently comes from Latin parts ante- 'before' and cede 'go'. Like in precede, which means 'to go before', antecedently means 'before' or 'previously'.