posterior

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Synonyms: postterior, posterity, posteriad, posterboy, posteriori, posteriors, postero, posterize, postering, postero-, posterius

Antonyms: postterior, posterity, posteriad, posterboy, posteriori, posteriors, postero, posterize, postering, postero-, posterius

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Adjective

1. {{senseid|en|anatomy}} {{lb|en|anatomy}} Nearer the [[rear]] or [[hind]] end; nearer the [[caudal]] end of the [[body]] in [[quadruped]]s or the [[dorsal]] end in [[biped]]s.
2. {{lb|en|formal}} Following in [[order]] or in [[time]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|sometimes|euphemistic|sometimes|humorous}} The [[#English:_anatomy|posterior]] portions of the human body; especially, the [[buttock]]s.
2. {{lb|en|maths}} The [[probability]] that a [[hypothesis]] is [[true]] (calculated by [[Bayes' theorem]]).

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