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posterior.

Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/Received-Pronunciation/poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/General-American/pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/General-American/pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/dialectal

  1. Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds. Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.

  2. Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds. Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.

  3. Following in order or in time.

    formal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *posteros Latin posterus Latin posteriorbor. English posterior Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).

noun/pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/Received-Pronunciation/poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/General-American/pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/General-American/pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/dialectal

  1. The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.

    euphemistic · humorous · sometimes

  2. The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *posteros Latin posterus Latin posteriorbor. English posterior Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).

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