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Webster 1913 Edition
Anterior
An-te′ri-or
,Adj.
[L.
anterior
, comp. of ante
before.] 1.
Before in time; antecedent.
Antigonus, who was
anterior
to Polybius. Sir G. C. Lewis.
2.
Before, or toward the front, in place;
as, the
anterior
part of the mouth; – opposed to posterior
.☞ In comparative anatomy, anterior often signifies at or toward the head, cephalic; and in human anatomy it is often used for ventral.
Syn. – Antecedent; previous; precedent; preceding; former; foregoing.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anterior
ANTE'RIOR
,Adj.
1.
Before in time or place; prior; antecedent; preceding in time.2.
Before or in front in place.Definition 2024
anterior
anterior
English
Alternative forms
- anteriour (obsolete)
Adjective
anterior (not comparable)
- Before in place.
- Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
- (anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:former
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Coordinate terms
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior, distal, dorsal, lateral, medial, posterior, proximal, ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Translations
before in place
before or earlier in time
anatomy: nearer the forward end
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Etymology
Adjective
anterior m, f (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)
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Latin
Adjective
anterior (comparative of ante)
Inflection
Third declension, comparative variant
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | anterior | anterius | anteriōrēs | anteriōra | |
| genitive | anteriōris | anteriōrum | |||
| dative | anteriōrī | anteriōribus | |||
| accusative | anteriōrem | anterius | anteriōrēs | anteriōra | |
| ablative | anteriōre | anteriōribus | |||
| vocative | anterior | anterius | anteriōrēs | anteriōra | |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- anterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “anterior”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin anterior and French antérieur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an.te.riˈor/
Adjective
anterior m, n (feminine singular anterioară, masculine plural anteriori, feminine and neuter plural anterioare)
Declension
declension of anterior
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | anterior | anterioară | anteriori | anterioare | ||
| definite | anteriorul | anterioara | anteriorii | anterioarele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | anterior | anterioare | anteriori | anterioare | ||
| definite | anteriorului | anterioarei | anteriorilor | anterioarelor | |||