ALL meanings of anteriority
an·te·ri·or
A a - adjective anteriority situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior). 1
- adjective anteriority going before in time or sequence; preceding; earlier: events anterior to the outbreak of war. 1
- adjective anteriority Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) articulated in the region extending from the alveolar ridge to the lips; alveolar, dental, or labial. 1
- adjective anteriority (in animals and embryos) pertaining to or toward the head or forward end of the body. 1
- adjective anteriority (in humans) pertaining to or toward the front plane of the body, equivalent to the ventral surface of quadrupeds. 1
- adjective anteriority Botany. on the front side and away from the main axis, as the lower lip of a flower. 1
- noun anteriority The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. 1