Definitions

1. noun

something that precedes or exists before another thing

“The weather forecast was the antecedent to the decision to cancel the outdoor festival.”

2. noun

a proposition or condition that must be assumed to be true in order to understand or make a decision about something

“The antecedent condition of the loan was that the borrower must have a stable income.”

3. noun

a grammatical term referring to a noun or phrase that comes before a pronoun and is used to identify the pronoun

“In the sentence ‘My dog is barking’, ‘my dog’ is the antecedent of the pronoun ‘it’.”

4. adjective

occurring or existing before another thing

“The antecedent events led to a significant shift in the company’s policies.”