anterior
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EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- anteriour (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Latin anterior, comparative of ante (“forward, before”)
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
anterior (not comparable)
- Before in place.
- Before or earlier in time; 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.
- 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty:
- (anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:former
AntonymsEdit
Coordinate termsEdit
- (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]
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
before in place
before or earlier in time
anatomy: nearer the forward end
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
anterior (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
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LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
anterior (neuter anterius); third declension
InflectionEdit
Third declension, comparative variant
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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
PortugueseEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Latin anterior and French antérieur.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
anterior m, n (feminine singular anterioară, masculine plural anteriori, feminine and neuter plural anterioare)
DeclensionEdit
declension of anterior
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |