antecedent

• n. 先例; 先祖
• adj.前例; 先例; 前

接頭辞ante-、前にある。根 ced, 行く。

antecedent

antecedent: see ancestor

antecedent

late 14c. (n. and adj.), from Old French antecedent (14c.) or directly from Latin antecedentem (nominative antecedens), present participle of antecedere "go before, precede," from ante- "before" (see ante) + cedere "to yield" (see cede). Used as a noun in Latin philosophical writings.

1. It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.

は、以前の法律を考慮することを許可しています。

2.Those were events antecedent to the revolution.

これらはすべて革命前のことだ。

3.That was antecedent to this event.

それはこの件の前である。

4.Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions.

物理プロセスの出現には必ず前提がある。dd>
哲学部から

5.The word "man "is the antecedent of "who "in "the man who spoke ".

"man "という字は"theman who spoke "の"who "の先行語.