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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•te•ri•or /ænˈtɪriɚ/USA pronunciation adj. - located before or at the front of(opposed to posterior ):the anterior fin of a fish.
- occurring before or earlier in time;
earlier.
an•te•ri•or•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•te•ri•or (an tēr′ē ər),USA pronunciation adj. - Anatomysituated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- going before in time or sequence;
preceding;
earlier:events anterior to the outbreak of war. - Phonetics, Linguistics[Ling.](in distinctive feature analysis) articulated in the region extending from the alveolar ridge to the lips;
alveolar, dental, or labial. - Anatomy(in animals and embryos) pertaining to or toward the head or forward end of the body.
- Anatomy(in humans) pertaining to or toward the front plane of the body, equivalent to the ventral surface of quadrupeds.
- Plant Biology[Bot.]on the front side and away from the main axis, as the lower lip of a flower.
- Latin, comparative of ante before, formed on model of posterior
- 1535–45
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