Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
One who precedes or goes in front.
The earlier events of one’s life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
