Antecedent

Antecedent or antecedent (Latin antecedens " the Preliminary " and " cause" ) stands for:

Antezendenz (geology), a river is forced by persistent elevation of a transverse to the flow direction of the ridge, to cut into this
Antecedent, generally basic, condition, cause, condition (as opposed to a result )
Antecedent ( logic) ', part condition ("if " part ) of an implication
Antecedent (grammar ) the one to which a pronoun refers, see Anaphora
Antecedent cause of an event or a decision (rare), see causality