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Princeton's WordNet

  1. anterioritynoun

    the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head

  2. priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedencynoun

    preceding in time

Wiktionary

  1. anterioritynoun

    The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.

  2. Etymology: From anterioritas, corresponding to

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Anterioritynoun

    Priority; the state of being before either in time or situation.

    Etymology: from anteriour.

ChatGPT

  1. anteriority

    Anteriority is the state or condition of being located towards the front or being earlier in time or order. It typically implies in temporal or spatial terms and is often used in fields like anatomy, linguistics, and logic to denote concepts such as position, precedence or superiority.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Anterioritynoun

    the state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority

  2. Etymology: [LL. anterioritas.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of anteriority in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of anteriority in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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