antecedent event

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• antecedent event — prior occurrence, previous event …   English contemporary dictionary

• antecedent — antecedental /an teuh see den tl/, adj. antecedently, adv. /an teuh seed nt/, adj. 1. preceding; prior: an antecedent event. n. 2. a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc. 3. antecedents, a. ancestors. b. the history,… …   Universalium

• antecedent — /æntəˈsidnt/ (say antuh seednt) adjective 1. (sometimes followed by to) going or being before; preceding; prior: an antecedent event. –noun 2. (plural) a. ancestry. b. one s past history. 3. a preceding circumstance, event, etc. 4 …  

• antecedent — an•te•ced•ent [[t]ˌæn təˈsid nt[/t]] adj. 1) preceding; prior: an antecedent event[/ex] 2) a preceding circumstance, event, object, phenomenon, etc.; precursor 3) antecedents a) ancestors b) the history, events, conditions, etc., of one s earlier …   From formal English to slang

• Antecedent moisture — is a term from the fields of Hydrology and sewage collection and disposal that describes the relative wetness or dryness of a watershed or sanitary sewershed. Antecedent moisture conditions change continuously and can have a very significant… …   Wikipedia

• Antecedent soil moisture — is a term used in surface water hydrology in reference to runoff prediction and in process geomorphology in reference to fluvial patterns in drainage basins. Soil retains a degree of moisture after a rainfall event. This residual water moisture… …   Wikipedia

• Antecedent — An te*ced ent, a. [L. antecedens, entis, p. pr. of antecedere: cf. F. ant[ e]c[ e]dent.] 1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. [1913 Webster] 2. Presumptive; as, an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• antecedent — [[t]æ̱ntɪsi͟ːd(ə)nt[/t]] antecedents 1) N COUNT: usu with supp An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way. [FORMAL] We shall first look briefly at the historical antecedents of this theory. Syn:… …   English dictionary

• Antecedent — An antecedent is a preceding event, condition, cause, phrase, or word. *Antecedent moisture is a hydrologic term describing the relative wetness condition of a sewershed. *In logic, an antecedent is the first half of a hypothetical proposition.… …   Wikipedia

• antecedent — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin antecedent , antecedens, from Latin, what precedes, from neuter of antecedent , antecedens, present participle of antecedere to go before, from ante + cedere to go… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• antecedent — an|te|ced|ent [ˌæntıˈsi:dənt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of antecedere, from ante ( ANTE ) + cedere to go ] 1.) formal an event, organization, or thing that is similar to the one you have mentioned but existed… …   Dictionary of contemporary English