anteriority
1Anteriority — An*te ri*or i*ty, n. [LL. anterioritas.] The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope. [1913 Webster] …
2anteriority — See anterior. * * * …
3anteriority — noun The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority …
4anteriority — an·te·ri·or·i·ty (.)an .tir ē ȯr ət ē n, pl ties the quality or state of being anterior …
5anteriority — n. priority, precedence, preference …
6anteriority — n. 1. Priority (in time), precedence, antecedence. 2. Position in advance, situation in front …
7anteriority — n antecedence, precedence, precession, anteposition; priority, preference, preeminence; preex istence, previousness, earliness …
8anteriority — an·te·ri·or·i·ty …
9anteriority — noun 1. the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head • Ant: ↑posteriority • Derivationally related forms: ↑anterior • Hypernyms: ↑position, ↑spatial relation …
10anterior — anteriority /an tear ee awr i tee, or /, n. anteriorly, adv. /an tear ee euhr/, adj. 1. situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior). 2. going before in time or sequence; preceding; earlier: events anterior to the outbreak of… …
