anteriority

• Существительное, обозначающее качество или состояние нахождения спереди или по направлению к голове, или предшествования чему-либо во времени.

A noun referring to the quality or state of being situated in front or toward the head, or of preceding something in time.

uncountable

1. Spatial positionC2formal

   The quality or state of being located in front or toward the front part of the body, especially in lower animals.

   Переднее положение

   • In many invertebrates, anteriority is crucial for orientation.
   • The study focused on the anteriority of the nervous system.
   • Anteriority in these species determines their feeding direction.

   Antonymsposteriority

2. Temporal precedenceC2formal

   The state of existing or occurring earlier in time; priority in sequence.

   Предшествование

   • The anteriority of the event was confirmed by historical records.
   • In legal terms, anteriority of a claim can affect its validity.
   • The philosopher argued for the anteriority of thought over action.

   Synonymsantecedenceantecedencyprecedencepriority

   Antonymsposterioritysubsequencesuccession