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Meaning of ANTERIORITY

Pronunciation:  an`teeree'oritee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  preceding in time
  2. [n]  the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head
 
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 Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority
 
 Antonyms: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness
 
 See Also: earliness, position, spatial relation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An*te`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [LL. anterioritas.]
The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in
situation; priority. --Pope.
 

 

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