different between anterior vs foregoing
anterior
English
Alternative forms
- anteriour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /an?t??.?i.?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /æn?t??.i.?/
- Rhymes: -???i?(?)
Adjective
anterior (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
- (botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
- (formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:former
Antonyms
- posterior
Coordinate terms
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms
Related terms
- auricularis anterior
- past anterior
Translations
References
- “anterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “anterior”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- eritoran, erration, rationer
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin anterior.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?n.t?.?i?o/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /an.te.?i?o?/
Adjective
anterior (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)
- anterior (before; preceding)
- previous
Synonyms
- previ
Antonyms
- posterior
Derived terms
- anterioritat
- anteriorment
Further reading
- “anterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “anterior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “anterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “anterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin anterior.
Adjective
anterior m or f (plural anteriores)
- anterior, previous
- Synonyms: precedente, previo
- Antonym: posterior
- (anatomy) anterior (nearer the forward end)
- Antonym: posterior
Derived terms
- anterioridade
- anteriormente
Further reading
- “anterior” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German
Etymology
From Latin anterior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an?te??io???/
- Hyphenation: an?te?ri?or
Adjective
anterior (not comparable)
- (anatomy) anterior
Declension
Further reading
- “anterior” in Duden online
Latin
Etymology
Comparative form of lost adjective *anterus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?énteros. Related to ante.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an?te.ri.or/, [än??t???i?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an?te.ri.or/, [?n??t????i?r]
Adjective
anterior (neuter anterius, positive *anterus); third declension (Late Latin)
- That is before, more forward, foremost; (of time) former, previous; anterior.
Inflection
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Related terms
- anterius (adverb)
Descendants
References
- anterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- anterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin anterior.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /??.?te.?i.?o?/, [????.t?e.??.?o?]
Adjective
anterior (plural anteriores, comparable)
- anterior
- previous, preceding
Derived terms
- anterioridade
- anteriormente
Further reading
- “anterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin anterior and French antérieur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an.te.ri?or/
Adjective
anterior m or n (feminine singular anterioar?, masculine plural anteriori, feminine and neuter plural anterioare)
- previous
- Synonym: precedent
- Antonym: urm?tor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin anterior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ante??jo?/, [ãn?.t?e??jo?]
Adjective
anterior (plural anteriores)
- anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past
- Synonym: previo
- Antonym: posterior
- anterior (in space)
- Synonyms: delantero, frontal
- Antonym: posterior
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
anterior From the web:
- what anterior means
- what anterior placenta means
- what anterior pituitary hormones are tropic
foregoing
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??(?)????.??/
- Rhymes: -????
Etymology 1
Adjective
foregoing (not comparable)
- Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 14.
- we may conclude, from the foregoing reasonings, that, as certain unity is requisite in all productions, it cannot be wanting in history more than in any other;
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 14.
Synonyms
- aforegoing
- preceding
Antonyms
- following
- subsequent
Translations
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
foregoing
- present participle of forego
foregoing From the web:
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- what does foregoing mean in a contract
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