Home › Words › A › antepositionanteposition/æntɪpəˈzɪʃən/anteposition means the placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence.anteposition is pronounced /æntɪpəˈzɪʃən/.EtymologyFrom Latin anteponere.nounThe placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.antepositional 80% match — Of or relating to anteposition. vs anteposition →foreposition 69% match — Position ahead of or in front of; forward position. vs anteposition →preposed 69% match — Placed before another term in a phrase. vs anteposition →prepositively 67% match — In a prepositive position. vs anteposition →antecedence 65% match — The relationship of preceding something in time or order. vs anteposition →prolepsis 65% match — The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it. vs anteposition →anteriority 63% match — The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation. vs anteposition →anastrophe 63% match — Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence. vs anteposition →