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posterior
UK /pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/ US /poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/
adj 3noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, cervical, spinal, upper
POSTERIOR + NOUN
artery, day, dislocation, hip
PREP.
about, in, on
ADV.
such
Definitions
adj
1
Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
2
Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
3
Following in order or in time.
noun
1
The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
Stephen reigned from 1135-1154, that nasty period of our history dubbed 'The Anarchy', when forces loyal to Stephen contested the throne with those of Henry I's daughter Matilda, who by rights should have been queen. Stephen, her cousin, plonked his own posterior on the throne.
2
The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
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Stephen reigned from 1135-1154, that nasty period of our history dubbed 'The Anarchy', when forces loyal to Stephen contested the throne with those of Henry I's daughter Matilda, who by rights should
Wiktionary02
Tom has a posterior hip dislocation.
Tatoeba · #287900503
My father was a good-for-nothing layabout who sat about on his posterior all day and ate potato chips.
Tatoeba · #459709404
The patient injured his upper cervical posterior spinal artery by sneezing.
Tatoeba · #898325205
The deadlift is a compound movement that trains the gluteus maximus, hamstrings, and other muscles in the posterior chain such as the erector spinae.
Tatoeba · #10335909Usage Notes
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