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Noun: anteriority  an,teer-ee'or-u-tee or an,teer-ee'ór-u-tee [N. Amer], an,teer-ee'ó-ri-tee [Brit]
  1. The quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head
     
  2. Preceding in time
    - priority, antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency

Derived forms: anteriorities

Type of: earliness, position, spatial relation

Antonym: posteriority

Nearest

anterior labial veins
anterior meningeal artery
anterior naris
anterior pituitary
anterior pituitary gland
anterior root
anterior serratus muscle
anterior synechia
anterior temporal artery
anterior vertebral vein
anteriority
anteriorly
anterograde
anterograde amnesia
anteroom
anteversion
anteverted
anthelion
anthelminthic
anthelmintic
anthem