| NOUN | attribute | anteriority | the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head |
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| attribute | anteriority, priority, antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency | preceding in time |
| Meaning | The quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head. | |
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| Broader | position, spatial relation | The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated |
| Opposite | posteriority | The quality of being toward the back / back or toward the rear end |
| Spanish | anterioridad | |
| Adjectives | anterior | of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body |
| Meaning | preceding in time. | |
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| Synonyms | priority, antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency | |
| Broader | earliness | Quality of coming early or earlier in time |
| Opposite | posteriority, subsequentness, subsequence | Following in time |
| Spanish | antelación, anterioridad, precedencia, prioridad | |
| Catalan | antecedència | |
| Adjectives | anterior | earlier in time |
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