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Translate antecedent from English to French

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antecedent:
- antécédent
Wiktionary:
- antecedent → antécédent, ascendant
- antecedent → précédent

English

Detailed Translations for antecedent from English to French

antecedent:

antecedent [the ~] noun

the antecedent
l'antécédent
- antécédent [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for antecedent:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
antécédent	antecedent	precedent
-	ancestor; ascendant; ascendent; forerunner; root

Related Words for "antecedent":

antecedents

Synonyms for "antecedent":

preceding; anterior; prior; anticipatory; prevenient; preexistent; pre-existent; preexisting; pre-existing
ancestor; ascendant; ascendent; root; relative; relation
cause
forerunner; temporal relation
referent

Antonyms for "antecedent":

subsequent; descendant

Related Definitions for "antecedent":

preceding in time or order¹
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun¹
a preceding occurrence or cause or event¹
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)¹
anything that precedes something similar in time¹
- phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience¹

Wiktionary Translations for antecedent:

antecedent

noun

conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
- antecedent → antécédent
ancestor
- antecedent → ascendant
word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
- antecedent → antécédent
any thing that precedes another thing
- antecedent → antécédent

antecedent

noun

Ce qui précède dans le temps.
- antécédent → antecedent

adjective

Qui précéder, qui est immédiatement avant, en parlant ordinairement par rapport au temps.
- précédent → former; previous; prior; earlier; ex-; forward; past; preceding; advance; advanced; antecedent; anterior

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