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anterior
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /anˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ænˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/
Audio (General American): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Adjective
anterior (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
- 2013, Carole Hollins, Questions and Answers for Dental Nurses, page 44:
- Transillumination of anterior teeth, using the composite curing light placed labially to shine through the tooth and be viewed using the mouth mirror, shows up any cavities as dark interproximal shadows.
- 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN:
- Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.
- (botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
- (formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
- 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty:
- anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:former
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
- anterior
- apical
- apicocoronal
- axial
- buccal
- buccoapical
- buccocervical
- buccogingival
- buccolabial
- buccolingual
- bucco-occlusal
- buccopalatal
- cervical
- coronal
- coronoapical
- distal
- distoapical
- distobuccal
- distocclusal
- distocervical
- distoclusal
- distocoronal
- distofacial
- distogingival
- distoincisal
- distolingual
- disto-occlusal
- distopalatal
- facial
- gingival
- incisal
- incisocervical
- inferior
- labial
- lingual
- linguobuccal
- linguo-occlusal
- mandibular
- maxillary
- mesial
- mesioapical
- mesiobuccal
- mesiocclusal
- mesiocervical
- mesioclusal
- mesiocoronal
- mesiodistal
- mesiofacial
- mesiogingival
- mesioincisal
- mesiolingual
- mesio-occlusal
- mesiopalatal
- occlusal
- palatal
- posterior
- proximal
- superior
- vestibular
Derived terms
- anterior auricular muscle
- anterior cerebral artery
- anterior chamber
- anterior choroidal artery
- anterior ciliary artery
- anterior cingulate cortex
- anterior commissure
- anterior communicating artery
- anterior cruciate ligament
- anterior deltoid
- anterior ethmoidal artery
- anterior inferior cerebellar artery
- anteriority
- anteriorization
- anteriorize
- anteriorly, anteriorally
- anterior median fissure
- anteriormost
- anteriorness
- anterior pituitary
- anterior pituitary gland
- anterior scalene muscle
- anterior spinal artery
- anterior superior alveolar artery
- anterior superior iliac spine
- anterior triangle
- anteriorward
- antero-
- centroanterior
- distoanterior
- dorsoanterior
- duplicitas anterior
- inferoanterior
- lateroanterior
- medioanterior
- mentoanterior
- mesoanterior
- midanterior
- nonanterior
- occipitoanterior
- posteroanterior, posterioanterior
- sacroanterior
- subanterior
- superoanterior
- tibialis anterior
- toxic anterior segment syndrome
- ventroanterior
Related terms
Translations
anatomy: nearer the forward end
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before or earlier in time
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References
- “anterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “anterior”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- https://logeion.uchicago.edu/anterior
- https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?lemma=ANTERIOR100
- https://outils.biblissima.fr/en/collatinus-web/
- https://www.latin-is-simple.com/en/vocabulary/adjective/8759/?h=anterior
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin anteriōrem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anterior”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “anterior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “anterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “anterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Galician
Etymology
Adjective
anterior m or f (plural anteriores)
- anterior, previous
- Synonyms: precedente, previo
- Antonym: posterior
- (anatomy) anterior (nearer the forward end)
- Antonym: posterior
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anterior”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
anterior (strong nominative masculine singular anteriorer, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of anterior (uncomparable)
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin anterior, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros.
Pronunciation
Adjective
anterior (comparative lebih anterior, superlative paling anterior)
Further reading
- “anterior” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Latin
Etymology
Comparative form of lost adjective *anterus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros. Related to ante.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [anˈtɛ.ri.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an̪ˈt̪ɛː.ri.or]
Adjective
anterior (comparative, neuter anterius, no positive form); third declension
- that (which is) is before one (in time), more forward, in the future; anterior (as opposed to posterior or backward in time); in front (of)
- foremost
- formerly (of time), previously
Inflection
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Related terms
- anterius (adverb)
Descendants
References
- “anterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “anterior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin anteriōrem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ɐ̃.te.ɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ɐ̃.teˈɾjoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.te.ɾiˈoɾ/ [ɐ̃.te.ɾɪˈoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.teˈɾjoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ɐ̃.te.ɾɪˈoχ], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ɐ̃.teˈɾjoχ]
- (Porto Alegre) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.te.ɾiˈoɻ/ [ɐ̃.te.ɾɪˈoɻ], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.teˈɾjoɻ/
- Hyphenation: an‧te‧ri‧or
Adjective
anterior m or f (plural anteriores)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anterior”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
anterior m or n (feminine singular anterioară, masculine plural anteriori, feminine and neuter plural anterioare)
Declension
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriores)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anterior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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