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Meaning of "posteriority" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF POSTERIORITY

pəˌstɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTERIORITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Posteriority is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POSTERIORITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of posteriority in the English dictionary

The definition of posteriority in the dictionary is the state of being posterior in time or location.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTERIORITY

anteriority · anti-authority · apriority · authority · celebrity · deteriority · exteriority · inferiority · interiority · juniority · majority · meliority · minority · nonminority · pretty · priority · seniority · sonority · sorority · supermajority

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTERIORITY

postemergency · postepileptic · poster · poster boy · poster child · poster colour · poster girl · poster paint · posterior · posterior probability · posteriorly · posterisation · posterity · posterization · posterize · postern · posterolateral · posteruptive · postexercise · postexilian

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTERIORITY

Advertising Standards Authority · aperture priority · Atomic Energy Authority · aviation authority · charity · Civil Aviation Authority · ethnic minority · Financial Services Authority · Greater London Authority · Health Authority · in the majority · local authority · local education authority · Palestinian National Authority · port authority · shutter priority · simple majority · superiority · tax authority · unitary authority · water authority

Synonyms and antonyms of posteriority in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «posteriority» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTERIORITY

Find out the translation of posteriority to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of posteriority from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «posteriority» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

后天性
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

posterioridad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

posteriority
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

posteriority
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

posteriority
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

позднейшим
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

posterioridade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

posteriority
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

postériorité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Keutamaan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Nachträglichkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

posteriority
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

posteriority
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Posterioritas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ở sau
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பின்புறமுள்ள
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

स्थैर्य
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

posteriority
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

posteriorità
65 millions of speakers
pl

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posteriority
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

пізнішим
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

posteritate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

posteriority
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

posteriority
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

posteriority
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

posteriority
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of posteriority

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTERIORITY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of posteriority
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about posteriority

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTERIORITY»

Discover the use of posteriority in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to posteriority and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Grammar of the English Tense System: A Comprehensive ...
T-posteriority in a past domain is expressed by means of the conditional tense ( i.e. '{would / should} present infinitive') or by means of the past tense of a 'futurish form', irrespective of whether the binding time is the central orientation time or ...
Renaat Declerck, Susan Reed, Bert Cappelle, 2006
2
Boundaries of Morphology and Syntax
The semantic notion of metaphorical distance from the moment of speaking ( which could refer both to anteriority or posteriority) would not suffice, however, to account for the emergence of the grammatical category 'conditional'. As observed in ...
Lunella Mereu, 1999
3
Studies in Contrastive Linguistics: Proceedings of the 4th ...
887 Antonio Jose Rodrigues Leal Finally, in a sequence main clause + gerundive clause (with pause), with a reading of inclusion or gerundive clause posteriority, the TPp of the CG is not the main clause but the utterance time. See examples ...
Cristina Mourón Figueroa, Teresa Moralejo Gárate, 2006
4
Existence and the Good: Metaphysical Necessity in Morals and ...
That circumstance calls for an accounting because the priority and posteriority in question cannot be temporal; to the contrary, unification of relations to the past as a condition of the future defines the present. Indeed, neoclassical metaphysics ...
Franklin I. Gamwell, 2012
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Linguistic Semantics
Posteriority The converse of anteriority is posteriority: If X is in front of Y, then Y is behind X. Posteriority may then be defined in a mariner analogous to that for anteriority: The located object occupies the ideal space projected from the rear of  ...
William Frawley, 2013
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Creation and the God of Abraham
Itisusually preferred by Muslim theologians to express the relation of the world to the Creator and the beginning of the universe.10 The posteriority in this account is taken to mean temporal posteriority, since the posteriority of the universe, ...
David B. Burrell, Carlo Cogliati, Janet M. Soskice, 2010
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Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy III: Plato
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951. 13. At Republic 443e5-6 just actions are subordinate to justice in the primary sense, which is justice in the soul. In this case, it is perhaps possible to infer priority and posteriority and univocity. Cf. 433e12-434al.
John P. Anton, John Peter Anton, Anthony Preus, 1989
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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: An Introduction
The categories themselves display priority and posteriority, Aristotle notes, because substance is prior to the other categories (and, most evidently, it is prior to the category of relation). By this he means that any term applied both to a substance ...
Michael Pakaluk, 2005
9
Adverbial Subordination in English: A Functional Approach
A Functional Approach Mar?a Jes? P?rez Quintero. 3.3.2.3 Posteriority This type of Temporal clause indicates that the situation described in the subordinate clause takes place after the one described in the main clause. The most frequent  ...
Mar?a Jes? P?rez Quintero, 2002
10
Modality in English: Theory and Description
sation of this state, there is posteriority; the utterance will then be interpreted in terms of root necessity. The posteriority in the interpretation of (5) in terms of root necessity is due to the logical fact that a necessity often implies the expectation of  ...
Raphael Salkie, Pierre Busuttil, Johan van der Auwera, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTERIORITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term posteriority is used in the context of the following news items.
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Roddy L'Estrange: Puskás palaver leaves Vinny a little hot under collar
“We have it for posteriority, as they say.” Several hours later, when the house was silent, Vinny plugged in the kettle and fished for a bikkie to ... «Irish Times, Jan 15»
2
Kim Kardashian donates her butt to museum for posteriority's sake
I wanted to preserve my dear derriere for posteriority's sake and have therefore donated it to MoMA," she said. But what's the bottom line? «Times of India, Nov 14»
3
Satanists unveil design for OK statehouse statue
Prepare yourself for red posteriority and take the appropriate stance. If Allah is willing your soreness will eventually subside and you may get ... «CNN, Jan 14»
4
'Eat, Pray, Love' ... minus the pizza and sex
Prepare yourself for red posteriority and take the appropriate stance. If Allah is willing your soreness will eventually subside and you may get ... «CNN, Jan 14»
5
Behind the FSB – Part 4
Yes, dear readers, it pains me to tell you the details, but tell you I must for posteriority's sake. Right now I am uploading this article from the ... «The Newslaundry, Dec 13»
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Productive Priorities
In order to have time for my priorities, they made this activity a posteriority for me. One reason we never tame the busyness beast is because we ... «ChristianityToday.com, Oct 13»
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REVIEW: Breathing Monster | Cell Block Theatre, Sydney
A couple of evenings later, the abject posteriority of Breathing Monster. Performance Space, whose ventures I typically admire, didn't create this ... «Crikey, Jun 13»
8
Integrated Cancer Care: Chemo-Induced Vertigo
Atlas was found to have restricted motion on left rotation with passive range of motion with left posteriority. Foraminal compression was positive on the left side at ... «Dynamic Chiropractic, Jun 13»
9
The Superstar consolidates her gains
Onlookers gaped and cameras recorded the “surprising” sight for posterity—or posteriority, as the case may be. What was going on? Well, the ... «Inquirer.net, Jan 13»
10
The Trinity in Gender Debates
This eternal relationship shows that Father and Son are in positions of priority and posteriority; there is some ordering in which Father is first ... «Patheos, Oct 12»
REFERENCE
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