The quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head.

Roget 234: front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc, frontage; facade, proscenium, facia [Lat.], frontispiece; anteriority^†; obverse (of a medal or coin). fore rank, front rank; van, vanguard; advanced guard; outpost; first line; scout.    brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz^†, countenance, mut [Slang]; rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore^†, jib.    pioneer etc. (precursor) 64; metoposcopy^†.    ... show more

Preceding in time.

synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority.

Roget 62: precedence; coming before etc. v.; the lead, le pas; superiority etc. 33; importance etc. 642; antecedence, antecedency^†; anteriority etc. (front) 234; precursor etc. 64; priority etc. 116; precession etc. 280; anteposition^†; epacme^†; preference.    ... show more

Roget 116: priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence; precession etc. 280; precursor etc. 64; the past etc. 122; premises.    ... show more

Polish: dotychczasowość, uprzedniość, poprzedniość