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# anteriority

«anteriority» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being earlier in time than something else** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (anteriority) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Being earlier in time than something else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteriority/#m1)

2) (formal, science) Being at the front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteriority/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A very rare formal word met in grammar, law and science. In everyday talk people say «coming first» or «being earlier».

### examples

- The anteriority of the first event was clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteriority/#x1)
- Grammar books mention anteriority in the past perfect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteriority/#x2)
- The judge looked at the anteriority of the claims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteriority/#x3)
- Anteriority means coming before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteriority/#x4)
- In the body, anteriority means being towards the front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteriority/#x5)
- The book argued for the anteriority of the older map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteriority/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. From «anterior» (in front, earlier). Opposite: posteriority. Rare — pupils can say «coming first».

### Trees and pragmatics

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