antecedent

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• /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt/
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• rhymes with -ɛnt
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• CMU ARPABET: AE2 N T EH1 S AH0 D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AE2 N T IH0 S IY1 D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: предшестващ (predšestvašt) — earlier in time or order
• Bulgarian: предишен (predišen) — earlier in time or order
• Czech: předchozí — earlier in time or order
• Czech: předcházející — earlier in time or order
• Czech: dřívější — earlier in time or order
• Dutch: voorafgaand — earlier in time or order
• Dutch: vroeger — earlier in time or order
• Finnish: edeltävä — earlier in time or order
• French: antécédent — earlier in time or order
• German: früher — earlier in time or order
• German: vorausgehend — earlier in time or order
• German: vorgängig — earlier in time or order
• German: voriger — earlier in time or order
• German: vorige — earlier in time or order
• German: voriges — earlier in time or order
• German: vorangehend — earlier in time or order
• German: vorrangig — earlier in time or order
• German: vorhergehend — earlier in time or order
• German: vor- — earlier in time or order
• Hindi: पूर्ववर्ती (pūrvavartī) — earlier in time or order
• Hindi: पूर्वगामी (pūrvagāmī) — earlier in time or order
• Hungarian: megelőző — earlier in time or order
• Hungarian: korábbi — earlier in time or order
• Hungarian: előbbi — earlier in time or order
• Icelandic: undanfari — earlier in time or order
• Italian: antecedente — earlier in time or order
• Latin: antecēdēns — earlier in time or order
• Malay: sebelum — earlier in time or order
• Polish: antecedentny — earlier in time or order
• Polish: uprzedni — earlier in time or order
• Portuguese: antecedente — earlier in time or order
• Romanian: antecedent — earlier in time or order
• Romanian: precedent — earlier in time or order
• Russian: предше́ствующий (predšéstvujuščij) — earlier in time or order
• Russian: предыду́щий (predydúščij) — earlier in time or order
• Serbo-Croatian: antecèdent — earlier in time or order
• Serbo-Croatian: antecedȅnt — earlier in time or order
• Spanish: antecedente — earlier in time or order
• Tagalog: nauna — earlier in time or order
• Ukrainian: попередній (poperednij) — earlier in time or order
• Ukrainian: передуючий (peredujučyj) — earlier in time or order
• Bulgarian: предшественик (predšestvenik) — any thing that precedes another thing
• Catalan: antecedent — any thing that precedes another thing
• Chinese Mandarin: 前情 (qián qíng) — any thing that precedes another thing
• Czech: předchůdce — any thing that precedes another thing
• Czech: příčina — any thing that precedes another thing
• Dutch: antecedent — any thing that precedes another thing
• Dutch: voorafgaande — any thing that precedes another thing
• Finnish: edeltäjä — any thing that precedes another thing
• Finnish: edeltävä asia — any thing that precedes another thing
• French: antécédent — any thing that precedes another thing
• German: Vorgeschichte — any thing that precedes another thing
• German: Ursache — any thing that precedes another thing
• German: Vorleben — any thing that precedes another thing
• German: Vorangehende — any thing that precedes another thing
• German: Vorhergehende — any thing that precedes another thing
• German: Antezedenz — any thing that precedes another thing
• German: Vorläufer — any thing that precedes another thing
• German: Vorstufe — any thing that precedes another thing
• German: Vorform — any thing that precedes another thing
• Greek: προηγούμενος (proïgoúmenos) — any thing that precedes another thing
• Greek: πρότερος (próteros) — any thing that precedes another thing
• Hindi: पूर्ववृत्त (pūrvavŕtt) — any thing that precedes another thing
• Hindi: पूर्ववर्त्ती (pūrvavarttī) — any thing that precedes another thing
• Hindi: पूर्ववृत्तांत (pūrvavŕttānt) — any thing that precedes another thing
• Hungarian: előzmény — any thing that precedes another thing
• Icelandic: undanfari — any thing that precedes another thing
• Italian: antecedente — any thing that precedes another thing
• Latin: antecēdēns — any thing that precedes another thing
• Malay: sebelum — any thing that precedes another thing
• Portuguese: antecedente — any thing that precedes another thing
• Romanian: antecedent — any thing that precedes another thing
• Romanian: precedent — any thing that precedes another thing
• Spanish: antecedente — any thing that precedes another thing
• Swedish: föregångare — any thing that precedes another thing
• Tagalog: nauna — any thing that precedes another thing
• Chinese Mandarin: 前辈 (qián bèi) — ancestor
• Czech: předek — ancestor
• Dutch: voorouder — ancestor
• Finnish: esi-isä — ancestor
• Finnish: esivanhempi — ancestor
• French: ascendant — ancestor
• German: Ahne — ancestor
• German: Vorläufer — ancestor
• German: Vorfahre — ancestor
• German: Vorfahr — ancestor
• German: Uhrahn — ancestor
• German: Uhrahne — ancestor
• German: Stammvater — ancestor
• German: Ahn — ancestor
• German: Ahnin — ancestor
• Greek: πρόγονος (prógonos) — ancestor
• Hungarian: ős — ancestor
• Italian: antenato — ancestor
• Italian: progenitore — ancestor
• Malay: keturunan — ancestor
• Portuguese: antecedente — ancestor
• Portuguese: ancestral — ancestor
• Portuguese: antepassado — ancestor
• Spanish: antecedente — ancestor
• Spanish: antepasado — ancestor
• Spanish: ancestro — ancestor
• Vietnamese: tiền bối — ancestor
• Chinese Mandarin: 先行詞 /先行词 (xiānxíngcí) — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Dutch: antecedent — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Finnish: korrelaatti — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• French: antécédent — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• German: Beziehungswort — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• German: Bezugselement — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• German: Antezedens — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• German: Bezugswort — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Hindi: पूर्ववर्त्ती (pūrvavarttī) — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Icelandic: undanfari — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Italian: antecedente — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Japanese: 先行詞 (senkōshi) — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Malay: anteseden — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Mongolian: төлөөлөгдөхүүн (tölöölögdöxüün) — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Portuguese: antecedente — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Serbo-Croatian: antecèdent — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Spanish: antecedente — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Welsh: rhagflaenydd — word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• Dutch: antecedent — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• Finnish: etujäsen — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• French: antécédent — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• German: Antezedens — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• Greek: υπόθεση (ypóthesi) — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• Hindi: पूर्ववर्त्ती (pūrvavarttī) — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• Icelandic: forliður — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• Italian: antecedente — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• Polish: antecedens — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• Portuguese: antecedente — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• Spanish: antecedente — conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• Polish: antecedencje — Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
• Polish: anteriora — Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
• Polish: antecedens — Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.