antecedence

[ an-tuh-seed-ns ]
/ ˌæn təˈsid ns /
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noun

the act of going before; precedence.
priority.
Astronomy. (of a planet) apparent retrograde motion.

Origin of antecedence

First recorded in 1525–35; antecede + -ence

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH antecedence

antecedence antecedents

Words nearby antecedence

ante-nicene, ante-post, anteater, antebellum, antecede, antecedence, antecedency, antecedent, antecedents, antecessor, antechamber

Words related to antecedence

priority, importance, precedency, antecedency, anteriority

Example sentences from the Web for antecedence

  • Or do 'states of consciousness enter as links into the chain of antecedence and sequence which gives rise to bodily actions?'

    Is Life Worth Living? |William Hurrell Mallock

  • The chief principle, then, of savage science is that antecedence and consequence in time are the same as effect and cause.

    Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 |Andrew Lang

  • Respecting the phenomena of inanimate nature, we have no other direct knowledge than that of antecedence and sequence.

    A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive |John Stuart Mill

  • God has established an order in nature, a uniformity of antecedence and sequence, with which Omnipotence shall not interfere.

    The Theistic Conception of the World |B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker

British Dictionary definitions for antecedence

antecedence
/ (ˌæntɪˈsiːdəns) /

noun

precedence; priority
astronomy retrograde motion