Definitions for antecedence

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antecedence an·te·ced·ence

Spelling: [an-tuh-seed-ns]

IPA: /ˌæn təˈsid ns/

Antecedence is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in antecedence (accdeeeennt).

Definitions for antecedence

noun

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

Origin of antecedence

First recorded in 1525-35; antecede + -ence

Examples for antecedence

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

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

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

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