Antecedents is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ANTECEDENTS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• ANTECEDENT, a clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun
• a thing that existed before or logically precedes another
• an earlier word, phrase, or clause to which another word (especially a following relative pronoun) refers back.
• the statement contained in the ‘if’ clause of a conditional proposition.
• the statement contained in the ‘if’ clause of a conditional proposition.
• a person's ancestors or family and social background
ADJECTIVE:
• preceding in time or order; previous or pre-existing
• denoting or counting as an antecedent.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun (as John in “Mary saw John and called to him”); broadly; a word or phrase replaced by a substitute

Words related to ANTECEDENTS

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How to use ANTECEDENTS in a sentence

• Here I was questioned as to my name and my antecedents and the time of my arrival, then dismissed with a nod to one of my conductors.
• She ascribed these things to his antecedents and to his deficient training.
• How he had drifted to Beila I never ascertained, and thought it prudent not to inquire too much into his antecedents.
• In his haste to get these units complete he forgot to inquire into the antecedents of the officers chosen to command them.
• How does a pronoun agree with joint antecedents? 13.
• When joint antecedents are of different persons, with which person does the pronoun agree? 34.
• They were known to have had saloon rather than second-class antecedents.
• The origin or nationality or antecedents of this pirate were never established by the investigations ordered in regard to him.
• Michaelis, a second-rate administrator, of negligible antecedents, succeeds to his uneasy chair, while the Kaiser maintains his pose as the friend of the people.
• But, perhaps we ought rather to say that Europeans hold Averroes as the author of this doctrine, because they saw him isolated from his antecedents.
• Once a prominent Whig, his antecedents coincided with those of the bulk of the Republican party.
• If we examine the antecedents of some of the most prominent men now in the House of Lords, we shall discover abundant evidence of this fact.
• He resolved to find out something about his antecedents before he permitted the young fellow to establish friendly relations with his girls.
• On the contrary, no people whom I have ever known have rested less of claim upon their antecedents or less sought to substitute reminiscences for achievements.
• His antecedents, however, were soon known at Richmond, and the old Virginian families turned a cold shoulder to the newcomer.
• You do not even know the true man, his name, nor antecedents.
• An alcoholic man with clean antecedents may leave tainted descendants.
• THE TEXT Antecedents and Childhood 1 Our Trip to California via the Isthmus and Early Days There.
• The Black Man, His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements.
• ANTECEDENTS I On November 6, 1817, died the Princess Charlotte, only child of the Prince Regent, and heir to the crown of England.
• In character and antecedents his younger brother, Graydon Muir, who was also an inmate of his family, presented many marked contrasts to the elder man.
• Let us turn for a moment to the antecedents of the Arab invaders.
• His generous instincts made him hate slavery, while his antecedents prevented him from loving the negro.
• But Judge Bradley was a Republican in his political antecedents, and whenever a question came to a close issue, he decided with his party.
• That this will accomplish much, we have only to look to the antecedents of the Church to determine.
• Claire suggested to Frank that he take her to his brother, to whom German was as natural as English, and who might be able to learn something of her antecedents.
• A wide-awake, scholarly librarian will like his town, and delight in at least some study of its antecedents.

Similar words containing CEDENT without suffix s and without prefix ante

decedent12 decedents13 precedent14 succedent14 antecedent13 precedents15 succedents15 intercedent14 precedented17 precedently19 retrocedent14 antecedently18 precedential17 unprecedented19 precedentially22 unprecedentedly24

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