Plural of antecedent

regular plural

The plural of antecedent is antecedents.

Forms of antecedent

The Boston agent added that this clerk was a young man of wholly unquestioned veracity and reliability, of known antecedents and long with the company.1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 3, in The Whisperer in Darkness
Such development was not de novo; antecedents are apparent.From the entry de novo
Tregarvon knew nothing of this man's antecedents; of the forehistory of any of them, for that matter.1916, Francis Lynde, After the Manner of Men, page 30. From the entry forehistory
The Palpa Valleys have also yielded petroglyphs and geoglyphs, which comprise the direct antecedents of the famous Nasca Lines.2015, Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao, Markus Reindel, Johny Isla, “Paracas Funerary Practices in Palpa, South Coast of Perú”, in Peter Eeckhout…. From the entry geoglyph
Future studies can examine its other antecedents and its consequences to both the firm and to the dismissed CEO.2011, Mason Andrew Carpenter, M. Keith Weikel, The Handbook of Research on Top Management Teams, page 382. From the entry dismissed

adjective Earlier, either in time or in order.
adjective Presumptive.
noun Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

What is the plural of antecedent?: The plural of antecedent is antecedents.
Is antecedent countable?: Antecedent is a countable noun.

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