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anteriority

DEFINITIONS OF: anteriority

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n preceding in time

Synonyms:
antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority
Antonyms:
posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness
following in time
Type of:
earliness
quality of coming early or earlier in time

n the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head

Antonyms:
posteriority
the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
Type of:
position, spatial relation
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
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