adv
Meaning 1
before (in time)
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adv
before (in time)
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adv
in front (in position)
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adv
towards the anterior
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adverb
in an anterior direction
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History
Etymology tree English anterior Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English anteriorly From anterior + -ly.
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