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anterior

[ an-teer-ee-er ]

adjective

  1. situated before or at the front of; fore ( posterior ).
  2. going before in time or sequence; preceding; earlier:

    events anterior to the outbreak of war.

  3. Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) articulated in the region extending from the alveolar ridge to the lips; alveolar, dental, or labial.
  4. (in animals and embryos) pertaining to or toward the head or forward end of the body.
  5. (in humans) pertaining to or toward the front plane of the body, equivalent to the ventral surface of quadrupeds.
  6. Botany. on the front side and away from the main axis, as the lower lip of a flower.


anterior

/ ænˌtɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ; ænˈtɪərɪə /

adjective

  1. situated at or towards the front
  2. earlier in time
  3. zoology of or near the head end
  4. botany (of part of a flower or leaf) situated farthest away from the main stem
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • anteriority, noun
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Other Words From

  • an·te·ri·or·i·ty [an-teer-ee-, awr, -i-tee, -, or, -], noun
  • an·teri·or·ly adverb
  • nonan·teri·or adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anterior1

1535–45; < Latin, comparative of ante before, formed on model of posterior
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anterior1

C17: from Latin, comparative of ante before
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Example Sentences

In everyday life, just about any form of deferred gratification you can think of will strengthen the underlying mechanism, which is centered in a part of the brain called the anterior cingulate cortex.

If you’ve ever dealt with hip-flexor pain, anterior-knee pain, or lower-back pain on a long walk or run, then you might lack back-line participation.

For example, the head forms at the anterior end, limbs form in the mid-body, and the tail forms at the posterior end.

The anterior cingulate cortex plays a role in emotion, blood pressure, heart rate, morality and where we allocate our attention, all of which come into play during nightmares.

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Marquis explains that the likeliest loci are the anterior cingulate cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and medial prefrontal cortex.

From Time

That action puts a stress in the anterior cruciate ligament.

That which is called nasality is caused by the failure of the tone to reach freely the anterior cavities of the nares.

Its anterior portion is slender and thread-like, while the posterior portion is thicker (Fig. 112).

Because the people of God view themselves as bound by anterior engagements of his Church.

This was the first settling of North America, and thirteen years anterior to the landing of the Pilgrims.

The projection of the anterior root of P4 seems to be correlated with the presence or absence of P3.

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