English-French translations for antecedent

• antécédent
  Vu ces importants antécédents, je ne reviendrai pas sur le contexte général de cette affaire. Given these extensive antecedents, I do not propose to go over the general background to this case.
• ascendant
• précédent

Definition of antecedent

• Earlier, either in time or in order
• Presumptive
• Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing
• A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
• The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. $p\; \backslash rightarrow\; q$, where $p$ is the antecedent, and $q$ is the consequent
• The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term ''a'in the ratio ''a:b'', the other being the consequent

Examples

• an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
• an antecedent cause
• an antecedent improbability

Related words

• antecedents
• antecedence
• antecedently