ANTECEDENCE

priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency

(noun) preceding in time

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

antecedence (countable and uncountable, plural antecedences)

The relationship of preceding something in time or order.

Synonyms: precedence, priority, Thesaurus:anteriority

Antonyms: subsequence, Thesaurus:posteriority

That which precedes something or someone (e.g. prior events, origin, ancestry).

The length of time by which one event or time period precedes another.

(grammar) The relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent.

(geology) A geologic process that explains how and why antecedent rivers can cut through mountain systems instead of going around them.

(astronomy, obsolete) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west.

Synonym: retrogradation

Synonyms

• antecedency

Source: Wiktionary

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An`te*ced"ence, n.

1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. H. Spenser.

2. (Astron.)

Definition: An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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