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# anterior

«anterior» in Mova's school dictionary: **at or near the front, especially of the body** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (anterior)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (science) Anterior means at or near the front, especially of the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anterior/#m1)

2) (formal) Anterior means earlier in time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anterior/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in biology and medicine (anterior and posterior: front and back; the anterior cruciate ligament, ACL, in the knee, often injured in sport), and very formal writing.

### examples

- The head is at the anterior end of a worm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anterior/#x1)
- The footballer hurt his anterior cruciate ligament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anterior/#x2)
- Fish have anterior fins near the head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anterior/#x3)
- The anterior part of the brain helps us plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anterior/#x4)
- The front legs are the anterior limbs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anterior/#x5)
- The event was anterior to the war (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anterior/#x6)

### note

Science word. Opposite: «posterior» (at the back). Do not confuse with «interior» (inside).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «anterior» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anterior/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.