antecedence
Americannoun
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the act of going before; precedence.
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Astronomy. (of a planet) apparent retrograde motion.
noun
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precedence; priority
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astronomy retrograde motion
Etymology
Origin of antecedence
Example Sentences
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The literature for the metaverse in its antecedence is dystopic.
From The Verge ● Jul. 19, 2022
For your own guidance, as to His Imperial Majesty's antecedence, I am enclosing herein a copy of His Biography.
From Time Magazine Archive
We formulate the laws of evolution in terms of antecedence and sequence; we also refer these laws to an underlying cause, the noumenal mode of action of which is inexplicable.
From Herbert Spencer by J. Arthur (John Arthur) Thomson
It is known as habitual antecedence, and as tendency on our part to look for something definite to come.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
I must necessarily set out from the one, to which therefore I give hypothetical antecedence, in order to arrive at the other.
From Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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