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Definition of 'posterior'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) posterior
situated behind or at the rear of; hinder

2.  posterior
coming after in order, as in a series.

3.  posterior
coming after in time; later; subsequent (sometimes fol. by to).

4.  posterior
(in animals and embryos) pertaining to or toward the rear or caudal end of the body.

5.  posterior
(in humans and other primates) pertaining to or toward the back plane of the body, equivalent to the dorsal surface of quadrupeds.

6.  posterior
Bot. toward the back and near the main axis, as the upper lip of a flower.

7. (n.) posterior
the hinder parts or rump of the body; buttocks.

Etymology: (1525–35; < L, comp. of posterus coming after, der. of post after)

Definition of 'posterior'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) 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
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?"

2. (adj) back tooth, posterior
a tooth situated at the back of the mouth

3. (adj) posterior
located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure

4. (adj) later(a), ulterior, posterior
coming at a subsequent time or stage
"without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"

Definition of 'posterior'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) posterior
later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior

2. (adj) posterior
situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior

3. (adj) posterior
at or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal

4. (adj) posterior
on the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower

Translation of 'posterior'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: coming, or situated behind.
Afrikaans: agterkant	Arabic: تالٍ، لاحِق	Bulgarian: заден
Brazilian: posterior	Czech: pozdější, zadní	German: später; hinter
Danish: bag-; bagerst; bagtil	Greek: οπίσθιος	Spanish: posterior
Estonian: hilisem, taga-	Farsi: بعدی؛ عقبی	Finnish: taka-
French: postérieur	Hebrew: אֲחוֹרִי	Hindi: उत्तरकालीन
Croatian: sljedeći, stražnji dio	Hungarian: hát(ul)só	Indonesian: di belakang
Icelandic: bak-, aftur-	Italian: posteriore	Japanese: あとの
Korean: 뒤의, 뒤쪽의	Lithuanian: vėlesnis, užpakalinis	Latvian: pakaļējais; vēlākais
Malay: selepas	Dutch: achter-	Norwegian: bak-, bakerst, seinere
Polish: tylny	Persian: بعدی؛ عقبی	Pashto: راتلونكى، شاته
Portuguese: posterior	Romanian: posterior	Russian: задний
Slovak: nasledujúci (po)	Slovenian: kasnejši	Serbian: zadnji
Swedish: efterföljande, bakre	Thai: ภายหลัง	Turkish: sonraki; arka
Taiwanese: 後來的，(位置上)後面的	Ukrainian: пізніший; наступний	Urdu: مؤخر، پچھلا
Vietnamese: đến sau; đứng sau	Chinese: 后来的，（位置上）后面的
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