<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>situated before or at the front of; fore (posterior)</li><li>going before in time or sequence; preceding; earlier: events anterior to the outbreak of war</li><li>Linguistics: articulated in the region extending from the alveolar ridge to the lips; alveolar, dental, or labial</li><li>(in animals and embryos) pertaining to or toward the head or forward end of the body</li><li>(in humans) pertaining to or toward the front plane of the body, equivalent to the ventral surface of quadrupeds</li><li>Botany: on the front side and away from the main axis, as the lower lip of a flower</li></ul>