On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Antecedent. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as preceding or root and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Antecedent meaning
- Earlier, either in time or in order.
- Presumptive.
Synonyms of Antecedent
Using Antecedent
- The main meaning on this page is: Earlier, either in time or in order. | Presumptive.
- Useful related words include: preceding, root, ascendent, ascendant.
- In the example corpus, antecedent often appears in combinations such as: the antecedent, an antecedent, antecedent of.
Context around Antecedent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Antecedent
- In this selection, "antecedent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, historic, historical, key, record, grounded and air stand out and add context to how "antecedent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cold antecedent air mass and a historic antecedent grounded in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "antecedent" sits close to words such as aau, abandons and affections, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with antecedent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For those of us who know your antecedent, we foresaw these achievements. (12 words)
His words, “We have so much trust on Imasuangbon because of his antecedent. (13 words)
He also has the antecedent of defeating incumbent Governor Kwankwaso for unknown Ibrahim Shekarau. (14 words)
But we will try to use a historical antecedent to try to see how poor people have been identified in other places, and having been identified, were given an opportunity through a proper application of ideas. (36 words)
Aminata Conteh constructs an elaborate story about an antecedent (her grandmother’s sister’s cousin’s niece’s daughter) who attended St. Amelia’s and wanted to expand their collection of African Diasporic instruments. (34 words)
Bramhall countered in 1655, when he printed everything that had passed between them (under the title of A Defence of the True Liberty of Human Actions from Antecedent or Extrinsic Necessity). (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
In fact Cole’s antecedent record showed he had not been given an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence as a dangerous offender as Williamson contended he had told her.
Aminata Conteh constructs an elaborate story about an antecedent (her grandmother’s sister’s cousin’s niece’s daughter) who attended St. Amelia’s and wanted to expand their collection of African Diasporic instruments.
For those of us who know your antecedent, we foresaw these achievements.
An agriculture-related festival, Homowo means “hooting at hunger”, and it has a historic antecedent grounded in the migration and settlement of Gas in their present location.
But we will try to use a historical antecedent to try to see how poor people have been identified in other places, and having been identified, were given an opportunity through a proper application of ideas.
His words, “We have so much trust on Imasuangbon because of his antecedent.
This 1898 shot of Carleton Street by Frederick Doig is "a fascinating photo," said Larocque — because it captures a key antecedent of the New Brunswick Museum.
He also has the antecedent of defeating incumbent Governor Kwankwaso for unknown Ibrahim Shekarau.
We’ll be rebounding off a cold antecedent air mass and so when the storm first arrives some of that cold will be in place.
Although he did not refer to the tone as an antecedent, Pavlov was one of the first scientists to demonstrate the relationship between environmental stimuli and behavioral responses.
An important distinction is that statements of causality require the antecedent to precede or coincide with the consequent in time, whereas conditional statements do not require this temporal order.
Another notable antecedent was put forth by the philosopher John Stuart Mill with his harm principle in the 19th century.
Antecedent-based interventions are supported by research to be preventative, and to produce immediate reductions in problem behaviors.
Antecedent events and conditions are defined as those conditions occurring before the behavior. citation Pavlov's early experiments used manipulation of events or stimuli preceding behavior (i.
As an authority for times antecedent to his own, Severus is of little moment.
Being responsible for one's choices is the first cause of those choices, where first cause means that there is no antecedent cause of that cause.
Bonding social capital is a necessary antecedent for the development of the more powerful form of bridging social capital.
Bramhall countered in 1655, when he printed everything that had passed between them (under the title of A Defence of the True Liberty of Human Actions from Antecedent or Extrinsic Necessity).
Causal determinism has also been considered more generally as the idea that everything that happens or exists is caused by antecedent conditions.
Depending on the nature of the antecedent relations, cognitions, and situational factors, intergroup contact may be stressful, and lead to feelings of anxiety.
Common combinations with antecedent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the antecedent 13×
- an antecedent 8×
- antecedent of 8×
- antecedent to 7×
- antecedent is 5×
- antecedent in 2×
- his antecedent 2×
- no antecedent 2×
- antecedent for 2×
- antecedent and 2×