anterior
Meaning of anterior
- nearer the front, especially in the front of the body, or nearer to the head or forepart.
the veins anterior to the heart
- coming before in time; earlier.
an incident anterior to her troubles
mid 16th century: from French antérieur or Latin anterior, comparative of ante ‘before’.
Information about anterior
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of anterior is: anteriors.
- Languages in which anterior is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of anterior
an-te-rior
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- anterior is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
anterior synonyms
Meaning prior:
Translation of anterior
Words that rhyme with anterior
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