prejacent

About 0.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Existing previously, preexistent.
2. adjective Before; situated in front.
3. adjective Laid out earlier, prior.
4. noun A proposition laid out previously; a proposition from which another proposition is inferred.
5. noun The propositional content with which a scope-taking operator (such as a modal, a focus particle like only, or an exhaustivity operator) combines.

Similar words

preexistent pre-existent preexisting precedaneous prior precedent predecessive

Often followed by

matter