Meaning & use
anterior
Situated at or toward the front of something, or occurring earlier in time or sequence.
See it in a sentence
The anterior part of the skull protects the front of the brain.
In the manuscript, the anterior chapters set up ideas explored later in the book.
A note on using this word
Anterior is mainly used in anatomy and formal writing; its opposite is posterior.
Words with a similar meaning
frontforward
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