anterior

/æn'tiəriə/

Thân thiện

The dentist examined the patient's anterior teeth.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Located before or at the front: Refers to something positioned in front of another part or toward the front of the body or an object.
   • Earlier in time; preceding: Refers to something that comes before another event in a sequence.

2. Noun:

   • A tooth situated at the front of the mouth: Specifically refers to the incisor or canine teeth.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The anterior part of the brain is responsible for complex thought.
  • This event is anterior to the one we discussed yesterday.

• Noun:

  • The dentist said the cavity is in an anterior.
  • His smile revealed perfectly aligned anteriors.

Advanced Usage

• In anatomy: Used precisely to describe the front-facing surface of the body or the front of an organ. The opposite is .
  • The heart is anterior to the spine.
• In linguistics: Can describe sounds produced with the front part of the tongue.
  • The vowels /i/ and /e/ are anterior vowels.

Variants and Related Words

• Anteriority (noun): The state or condition of being anterior; priority in time or position.
  • The anteriority of the first edition is well documented.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Front, forward, preceding, prior, former.
• Noun: Front tooth, incisor (specific type).

Antonyms

• Adjective: Posterior, rear, later, subsequent.

Related Phrases

• Anterior to: A formal phrase meaning "before" or "prior to" in time or order.
  • Developments anterior to the war are crucial to understanding it.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. earlier in time
2. of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body

Noun

1. a tooth situated at the front of the mouth
   • his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors

Từ đồng nghĩa

• prior
• front tooth