Définitions
1.AdjectiveEarlier, either in time or in order."an antecedent cause; an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood"
2.AdjectivePresumptive."an antecedent improbability"
3.NounAny thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
4.NounAn ancestor.
5.NounA word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
6.NounThe conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e.
p
→
q
{\displaystyle p\rightarrow q}
, where
p
{\displaystyle p}
is the antecedent, and
q
{\displaystyle q}
is the consequent.
7.NounThe first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true."(Can we add an example for this sense?)"
8.NounThe first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
9.NounPrevious principles, conduct, history, etc.