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antecedent
English
Etymology
From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antec?d?ns (“going before”), from antec?d? (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ant??si?d?nt/
Adjective
antecedent (not comparable)
- Earlier, either in time or in order.
- an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
- an antecedent cause
- Presumptive.
- an antecedent improbability
Derived terms
- antecedently
Related terms
- antecede
- antecedence
Translations
Noun
antecedent (plural antecedents)
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- An ancestor.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 3:
- The Boston agent added that this clerk was a young man of wholly unquestioned veracity and reliability, of known antecedents and long with the company.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 3:
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
- H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
- [W]hereas it might seem orderly that, as who is appropriated to persons, so that should have been appropriated to things […] the antecedent of that is often personal.
- One such condition can be formulated in terms of the c-command relation defined in (9) above: the relevant condition is given in (16) below:
(16) C-COMMAND CONDITION ON ANAPHORS
An anaphor must have an appropriate c-commanding antecedent
- One such condition can be formulated in terms of the c-command relation defined in (9) above: the relevant condition is given in (16) below:
- H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. , where is the antecedent, and is the consequent.
- (logic) 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?)
- (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
Synonyms
- (something which precedes): precedent, precursor
- (an ancestor): ascendant, ascendent, forebear, forefather, forerunner, predecessor, progenitor
Antonyms
- (in logic): consequent, (for sequents) succedent
- (in linguistics): anaphor
Holonyms
- conditional
- See Thesaurus:argument form
Translations
See also
- juxtaposition
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French antecédent, from Latin antec?d?ns (“go before”), from antec?dere (“to go or come before”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n.t?.s??d?nt/
- Hyphenation: an?te?ce?dent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
antecedent n (plural antecedenten, diminutive antecedentje n)
- antecedent (thing that precedes; prior fact, background fact)
- (linguistics) antecedent (referent of a word, esp. of a pronoun)
- (logic) antecedent (condition part of a proposition)
Antonyms
- (logic): (consequent)
- (linguistics): (anafoor)
Latin
Verb
antec?dent
- third-person plural future active indicative of antec?d?
[[Category:ante- +?]]
Romanian
Etymology
From French antécédent, from Latin antecedens.
Adjective
antecedent m or n (feminine singular antecedent?, masculine plural anteceden?i, feminine and neuter plural antecedente)
- antecedent
Declension
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predict
English
Alternative forms
- prædict (archaic)
Etymology
Early 17th century, from Latin praed?c? (“to mention beforehand”) (perfect passive participle praedictus), from prae- (“before”) + d?c? (“to say”). Equivalent to Germanic forespeak, foretell, and foresay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???d?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
predict (third-person singular simple present predicts, present participle predicting, simple past and past participle predicted)
- (transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
- 1590, E. Daunce, A Briefe Discourse on the Spanish State, 40
- After he had renounced his fathers bishoprick of Valentia in Spaine... and to attaine by degrees the Maiesty of Cesar, was created Duke of that place, gaue for his poesie, Aut Cesar, aut nihil. which being not fauoured from the heauens, had presently the euent the same predicted.
- 2000, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, xiii.
- Professor Trelawney kept predicting Harry’s death, which he found extremely annoying.
- 2012, Jeremy Bernstein, "A Palette of Particles" in American Scientist, Vol. 100, No. 2, p. 146
- The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
- 1590, E. Daunce, A Briefe Discourse on the Spanish State, 40
- (transitive, of theories, laws, etc.) To imply.
- 1886, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 177. 338
- It is interesting to see how clearly theory predicts the difference between the ascending and descending curves of a dynamo.
- 1996 June 3, Geoffrey Cowley. The biology of beauty, Newsweek
- For both men and women, greater symmetry predicted a larger number of past sex partners.
- 1886, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 177. 338
- (intransitive) To make predictions.
- 1652, J. Gaule, ???-?????? the mag-astro-mancer, 196
- The devil can both predict and make predictors.
- 1652, J. Gaule, ???-?????? the mag-astro-mancer, 196
- (transitive, military, rare) To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
- 1943, L. Cheshire, Bomber Pilot, iii. 57
- They're predicting us now; looks like a barrage.
- 1943, L. Cheshire, Bomber Pilot, iii. 57
Synonyms
- foretell, forespell, forespeak, halsen
Antonyms
- retrodict
Related terms
Translations
Noun
predict (plural predicts)
- (obsolete) A prediction.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 14:
- Or say with Princes if it shall go well, / By oft predict that I in heaven find.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 14:
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “predict”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Middle French
Verb
predict
- past participle of predire
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