anterior, prior
(adjective) earlier in time
anterior
(adjective) of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anterior (not comparable)
Before in place.
Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
(anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.
• See also former
• (before in place): posterior
• (anatomy): posterior
• eritoran, erration, rationer
Source: Wiktionary
An*te"ri*or, a. Etym: [L. anterior, comp. of ante before.]
1. Before in time; antecedent. Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius. Sir G. C. Lewis.
2. Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.
Note: In comparative anatomy, anterior often signifies at or toward the head, cephalic; and in human anatomy it is often used for ventral.
Syn.
– Antecedent; previous; precedent; preceding; former; foregoing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
