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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Posterior \Pos*te"ri*or\ (p[o^]s*t[=e]"r[i^]*[~e]r), a. [L.
     posterior, compar. of posterus coming after, from post after.
     See Post-.]
     1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or
        moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Hesiod was posterior to Homer.        --Broome.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Anat.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in
        human anatomy often used for dorsal.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Bot.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said
        of an axillary flower. --Gray.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Posterior \Pos*te"ri*or\ (p[o^]s*t[=e]"r[i^]*[~e]r), a. [L.
     posterior, compar. of posterus coming after, from post after.
     See Post-.]
     1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or
        moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.
  
              Hesiod was posterior to Homer.        --Broome.
  
     2. Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.
  
     3. (Anat.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in
        human anatomy often used for dorsal.
  
     4. (Bot.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said
        of an axillary flower. --Gray.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  posterior
       adj : at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in
             primates [ant: anterior]
       n 1: 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?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
             arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament,
             hindquarters, hind end, keister, prat, rear,
            rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end,
             tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny,
             ass]
       2: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth [syn: back tooth]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  posterior
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 οπίσθιος, που βρίσκεται πίσω, πισινός, ο από πίσω
     2 κατοπινός, ύστερος, ο επόμενος προς τα πίσω
     3 μεταγενέστερος, νεότερος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  posterior
     Catalan a.
     1 subsequent (gloss: following in order or in time)
     2 (l en posterior) (gloss: located behind, or towards the rear of an
  object)
     3 (lb ca phonetics phonology) back
     Indonesian a.
     (lb id anatomy medicine dentistry) (l en posterior)
     Portuguese a.
     1 (l en posterior) (gloss: following in order or in time)
     2 (l en posterior) (gloss: located in the rear)
     3 (lb pt phonetics) back (gloss: produced in the back of the mouth)
     Spanish a.
     (l en posterior), later

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  posterior
     a.
     1 (lb en anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end
  of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
     2 # (lb en medicine) Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus
  in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first
  at birth.
     3 # (lb en botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
     4 (lb en formal) Following in order or in time.
     n.
     1 (lb en euphemistic humorous) The hinder parts of the body.
     2 (lb en maths) The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated
  by Bayes' theorem).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  posterior
     Catalan a.
     1 subsequent (gloss: following in order or in time)
     2 (l en posterior) (gloss: located behind, or towards the rear of an
  object)
     3 (lb ca phonetics phonology) back
     Latin a.
     1 (comparative of la posterus)
     2 # (qual: of time) coming after, later; next, following
     3 ## the later of the two, (qual: of persons) the younger
     4 # (qual: of space) further to the back, hinder, #English
     5 # later in position or order of mention, latter
     6 # less important, secondary, inferior
     Latin n.
     (lb la chiefly in the plural) later generations
     Romanian a.
     (l en posterior)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  posterior
     Catalan a.
     1 subsequent (gloss: following in order or in time)
     2 (l en posterior) (gloss: located behind, or towards the rear of an
  object)
     3 (lb ca phonetics phonology) back
     Latin a.
     1 (comparative of la posterus)
     2 # (qual: of time) coming after, later; next, following
     3 ## the later of the two, (qual: of persons) the younger
     4 # (qual: of space) further to the back, hinder, #English
     5 # later in position or order of mention, latter
     6 # less important, secondary, inferior
     Latin n.
     (lb la chiefly in the plural) later generations
     Spanish a.
     (l en posterior), later

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  posterior
     Espanja a.
     jälkikäteinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  posterior
     Spanska a.
     1 efterföljande, senare
     2 bakre

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  posterior /pˈɔsteːrˌɪoːɾ/ 
  posterior

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Posterior /pɒstˈiəɹiə/
  المؤخّرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  posterior //poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ// //pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ// //pɒˈstɪə.ɹi.ə// 
  1. по-къ́сен, сле́дващ
  following in order or time
  2. за́ден
  located towards the rear

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  posterior //poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ// //pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ// //pɒˈstɪə.ɹi.ə// 
  задник
  buttocks

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  posterior /pɒstˈiəɹiə/ 
  pozdější