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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.
  • In grammar, an antecedent is the word to which a pronoun refers.
  • A musical phrase (music) may be an antecedent or consequent phrase.
  • In criminal cases, antecedents are the life history and previous convictions of a defendant.
  • In behavioral research, an antecedent stimulus elicits a learned response from an organism.
  • In drama and literature, the antecedent action is what occurs prior to the opening of a play or story.
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.
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An antecedent is the first half of a hypothetical proposition.

Examples:
  • If P, then Q.
This is a standard logical formulation of a hypothetical proposition. In this case, the antecedent is P, and the consequent is Q.
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In grammar, an antecedent is generally the noun or noun phrase to which an anaphor refers in a coreference, however an antecedent also can be a clause, especially when the anaphor is a demonstrative.
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    In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a pro-form that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase with or without a determiner, such as you and they in English. The replaced phrase is the antecedent of the pronoun.
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    In music a phrase (Greek φράση, sentence, expression, see also strophe) is a section of music that is relatively self contained and coherent over a medium time scale.
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    A consequent is the second half of a hypothetical proposition. In the standard form of such a proposition, it is the part that follows "then".

    Examples:
    • If P, then Q.
    Q is the consequent of this hypothetical proposition.
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    Antecedents are the life history and previous convictions of a defendant in a criminal case.

    When a defendant is being sentenced for a crime, the court will be told his or her antecedents.
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