prejacent

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Synonyms: prevalent, precent, prepatent

Antonyms: prevalent, precent, prepatent

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. Existing [[previously]], [[preexistent]].
2. {{lb|en|archaic|now|_|rare}} [[before|Before]]; situated in [[front]].
3. {{lb|en|logic|of a proposition}} Laid out [[earlier]], [[prior]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|philosophy|logic|linguistics}} A [[proposition]] laid out [[previously]]; a proposition from which another proposition is [[infer]]red.
2. {{lb|en|linguistics|semantics}} The propositional content with which a [[scope]]-taking [[operator]] (such as a [[modal]], a [[focus]] particle like ''only'', or an [[exhaustivity]] operator) combines.

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