Used in a Sentence

anterior

How to use anterior in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for anterior.

Editorial note

My thin GF has anterior pelvic tilt and it looks hot!

Examples10
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of anterior gathered in one view.

noun

a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors"

adjective

of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body

adjective

earlier in time

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for anterior.

noun

a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors"

adjective

of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body

adjective

earlier in time

Example sentences

1

My thin GF has anterior pelvic tilt and it looks hot!

2

I didn't think conscience so much, as an anterior attribute.

3

Wonder if there were any anterior motives employed by the instigators.

4

But maybe only 5% of that time consisted of excising glioblastomas from the anterior cingulate cortex.

5

This caught my eye:>In operations performed to relieve chronic pain, doctors have lesioned, or disabled, the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex.

6

And you're doing nothing to address the intrinsic imbalance between anterior and dorsal and muscular development and overall tension.

7

Every time you meditate, you use two important parts of your brain: the prefrontal cortex, which helps you make smart choices, and the anterior cingulate cortex, which helps you be aware of when you make such choices and when you don't.

8

The excised tissue included most of the sea-horse-shaped structure called the hippocampus, as well as the parahippocampal gyrus, the uncus, the anterior temporal cortex, and the almond-shaped amygdala.

9

[1] "The identified variables were age, PCL:YV Factor 1, PCL:YV Factor 2, years of regular substance use, total number of convictions, ICU, SES, brain volume, left and right lateral orbital frontal cortex, medial orbital frontal cortex, anterior and posterior cingulate, right temporal pole, and right and left parahippocampal cortex.

10

There are a number of different experiments that lead to this conclusion, but perhaps the simplest is the observation that when the selector gene engrailed is removed, in vivo, from a posterior clone of cells in the wing, those cells gain anterior affinity: they now sort out from posterior cells and, if they are in contact with anterior cells, will sort into and mingle with them.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use anterior in a sentence?

My thin GF has anterior pelvic tilt and it looks hot!

What does anterior mean?

a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors"

What part of speech is anterior?

anterior is commonly used as noun, adjective.