antecedent

1. Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

   Vorgeschichte, Ursache, Vorleben

2. An ancestor.

   Ahne, Vorläufer, Vorfahre

3. A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.

   Beziehungswort, Bezugselement, Antezedens

   the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

4. The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.

   Antezedens

5. The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.

6. The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.

7. (у множині)Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.

1. Alchemy was the antecedent of chemistry.

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2. What do you know about the antecedents of the war?

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3. If we alter the construction of such sentences, the missing antecedent is often restored.

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4. When the antecedent is this, that, these or those it is usual to use 'which'.

   deWenn das Bezugswort this, that, these oder those ist, benutzt man gewöhnlich which.

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