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posterior

[ po-steer-ee-er, poh- ]

adjective

  1. situated behind or at the rear of; hinder ( anterior ).
  2. coming after in order, as in a series.
  3. coming after in time; later; subsequent (sometimes followed by to ).
  4. Anatomy, Zoology.
    1. (in quadrupeds) pertaining to or toward the rear or caudal end of the body.
    2. (in humans and other primates) pertaining to or toward the back plane of the body, equivalent to the dorsal surface of quadrupeds.
  5. Botany. toward the back and near the main axis, as the upper lip of a flower.


noun

  1. the hinder parts or rump of the body; buttocks.

posterior

/ pɒˈstɪərɪə /

adjective

  1. situated at the back of or behind something
  2. coming after or following another in a series
  3. coming after in time
  4. zoology (of animals) of or near the hind end
  5. botany (of a flower) situated nearest to the main stem
  6. anatomy dorsal or towards the spine


noun

  1. the buttocks; rump
  2. statistics a posterior probability

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Derived Forms

  • posˈteriorly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • pos·teri·or·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of posterior1

1525–35; < Latin, comparative of posterus coming after, derivative of post after

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Word History and Origins

Origin of posterior1

C16: from Latin: latter, from posterus coming next, from post after

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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

The posterior metaphor clicked, and she began rapping about being “no size 2.”

My friend cannot come to our house and sit his oft-photographed posterior on our sagging cushions.

I generally remember school physical education, PE,  as a being a pain in the posterior.

As one story goes, Bianca Jagger, impressed, once made a plaster cast of Mara's posterior.

Its anterior portion is slender and thread-like, while the posterior portion is thicker (Fig. 112).

The upper wings are white, with a posterior broad black subtriangular border, having two or three white spots at the apex.

These Cupids must have been erected in the time of the Dutch dynasty, as I judge from the immense posterior developments.

In Marmota the baculum is greatly enlarged at the posterior end and forms a shieldlike surface.

Position of the supraorbital notch in relation to the posterior notch of the zygomatic plate.

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