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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

anteriority en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ænˌtɪɹiˈɔɹɪti/ (General-American)
  • /ænˌtɪəɹiˈɒɹɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle French antériorité, from Late Latin anteriōritās, corresponding to anterior + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation.
    • It is important to realize that pregivenness or prefixing is a kind of anteriority that does its work in the present; subjects and meanings in part emerge in enuciative co-constitutive moments. 2002, Thomas R. West, Signs of Struggle, page 23:

Forms

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Antonyms

posteriority

Hypernyms

state

Synonyms

antecedence · priority · precedence · anteriority · antecedency

Translations (9)

it anteriorità (state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation) · hu előidejűség (state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation) · ca anterioritat (state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation) · pt anterioridade (state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation) · ga réamhtheacht (state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation) · gl anterioridade (state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation) · de Vorzeitigkeit (state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation) · ca prioritat (state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation) · es anterioridad (state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation)