Anteriority

an·te·ri·or  (n-tîr-r)

adj.

1. Placed before or in front.

2. Occurring before in time; earlier.

3. Anatomy

a. Located near or toward the head in lower animals.

b. Located on or near the front of the body in higher animals.

c. Located on or near the front of an organ or on the ventral surface of the body in humans.

4. Botany In front of and facing away from the axis or stem.

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[Latin, comparative of ante, before; see ant- in Indo-European roots.]

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an·teri·ori·ty (-ôr-t, -r-) n.

an·teri·or·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anteriority - the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" posteriority - the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
	2.	anteriority - preceding in time antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority earliness - quality of coming early or earlier in time