anterior

English

Alternative forms

• anteriour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin anterior, comparative of ante (“forward, before”)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪəriə(r)

Adjective

anterior (not comparable)

1. Before in place.
2. Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
3. (anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:former

Antonyms

• (before in place): posterior
• (anatomy): posterior

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior, distal, dorsal, lateral, medial, posterior, proximal, ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, axial, buccal, cervical, coronal, distal, distobuccal, distolingual, facial, gingival, incisal, inferior, labial, lingual, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesiobuccal, mesiolingual, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Translations

before in place

Bulgarian: преден (bg) Esperanto: antaŭa (eo) Finnish: edellinen (fi), lähempi (fi) French: antérieur (fr), précédent (fr)

Italian: anteriore (it) Romanian: anterior (ro) Spanish: anterior (es)

before or earlier in time

Bulgarian: предшестващ (bg)

Finnish: edeltävä (fi), aiempi (fi), aikaisempi (fi), edellinen (fi)

anatomy: nearer the forward end

Bulgarian: преден (bg)

Finnish: etummainen (fi), etu- (fi)

Anagrams

• eritoran

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin anterior.

Adjective

anterior m. and f. (plural anteriors)

1. anterior (before; preceeding)

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Latin

Adjective

anterior (comparative of ante)

1. anterior, more forward
2. former, previous

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	anterior	anterius		anteriōrēs	anteriōra
genitive	anteriōris	anteriōris		anteriōrum	anteriōrum
dative	anteriōrī	anteriōrī		anteriōribus	anteriōribus
accusative	anteriōrem	anterius		anteriōrēs	anteriōra
ablative	anteriōre	anteriōre		anteriōribus	anteriōribus
vocative	anterior	anterius		anteriōrēs	anteriōra

Related terms

• ante
• anterius

Descendants

Catalan: anterior English: anterior French: antérieur

Italian: anteriore Romanian: anterior

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior, French antérieur.

Adjective

anterior ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. previous

Declension

singular				plural
Nom/Acc		masculine & neuter	feminine	masculine	feminine & neuter
	indefinite	anterior	anterioară	anteriori	anterioare
	definite	anteriorul	anterioara	anteriorii	anterioarele
Gen/Dat	no special indefinite forms in genitive & dative cases
	definite	anteriorului	anterioarei	anteriorilor	anterioarelor

Synonyms

• precedent

Antonyms

• următor

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Spanish

Adjective

anterior m. and f. (plural anteriores)

1. anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past
2. anterior (in space)

Synonyms

• (anterior in time): previo
• (anterior in space): delantero, frontal

Antonyms

• posterior

Related terms

• anteriormente