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anterior
01
belonging to the front part of the body
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
relational
ungradable
Examples
During the physical exam, the doctor inspected both the anterior and posterior surfaces of the patient's throat.
02
referring to things that happened first or earlier compared to something else
Examples
Historians referred to the anterior war as the conflict that preceded and led up to the current one under examination.
Anterior
01
a tooth situated at the front of the mouth
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
anteriors
Lexical Tree
anteriorly
anterior
