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Meaning of முந்தைய in English

  • Antecedent; preceding in time.
  • The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
  • An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
  • 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.
  • Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement.
  • Till then or now; heretofore; formerly.
  • of Precede
  • Going before; -- opposed to following.
  • In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.

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