Meaning of पूर्ववर्ती in English
- of Precede
- Going before; -- opposed to following.
- In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
- A preceding act.
- One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.
- Antecedent; preceding in time.
- Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
- Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
- That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
- One who precedes or goes in front.
- The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
- The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
- The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
- The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
- The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
- One who goes before; a predecessor.
- An ancestor; a progenitor.
- Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.
- The antepenult.
- Preceding dinner.
- Before in time; antecedent.
- Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.
- In an anterior manner; before.
- To prevent.
- To displace by anteversion.
- Preceding; antecedent; previous.
- Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.
- A precursor.
- One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
- Serving as a prefix in a compound name.
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