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Posterior definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POSTE'RIOR, a. [from L. posterus, from post.]
1. Later or subsequent in time.
Hesiod was posterior to Homer.
2. Later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after. [Unfrequent.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure [ant: anterior]
2: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later, ulterior, posterior] n
1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
2: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth [syn: back tooth, posterior]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Latin, comparative of posterus coming after, from post after — more at post- Date: 1534 1. later in time ; subsequent 2. situated behind: as a. caudal b. of the human body or its parts dorsal 3. of a plant part adaxial, superior • posteriorly adverb II. noun Date: circa 1616 the hinder parts of the body; specifically buttocks

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 later; coming after in series, order, or time. 2 situated at the back. --n. (in sing. or pl.) the buttocks. Derivatives: posteriority n. posteriorly adv. Etymology: L, compar. of posterus following f. post after

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Posterior Pos*te"ri*or (p[o^]s*t[=e]"r[i^]*[~e]r), a. [L. posterior, compar. of posterus coming after, from post after. See Post-.] 1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. --Broome. 2. Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior. 3. (Anat.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal. 4. (Bot.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower. --Gray.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(posteriors) 1. Someone's bottom can be referred to as their posterior. (mainly HUMOROUS) = backside N-COUNT 2. Posterior describes something that is situated at the back of something else. (MEDICAL) ...the posterior leg muscles. ? anterior ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Subsequent, following, later after, succeeding, ensuing. 2. Hind, hinder, back, rear.

Moby Thesaurus

aft, after, aftermost, afterpart, afterpiece, appendant, arse, ass, attendant, back, back door, back seat, back side, backside, backward, behind, bottom, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, cadet, consecutive, consequent, croup, crupper, derriere, ensuing, flack, following, haunches, heel, hind, hind end, hind part, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindhead, hindmost, junior, later, latter, lineal, nates, next, occiput, postern, postpositional, postpositive, proximate, puisne, rear, rear end, rearmost, rearward, retral, retrograde, reverse, rump, seat, sequacious, sequent, sequential, stern, subsequent, succeeding, successive, suffixed, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tuchis, younger