ante-
pref.(前缀)
语源
pref.(前缀)
- Prior to; earlier:
在…之前;较早:
antenatal.
出生前,产前 - In front of; before:
在…前面;在…之前:
anteroom.
前厅
语源
- Latin
拉丁语 - from ante [before] * see ant-
源自 ante [在…之前] *参见 ant-
ante-
prefix
before in time or position; previous to; in front of
⇒
antedate
⇒
antechamber
Origin
from Latinante-
Word Origin
1
a prefix meaning “before,” used in the formation of compound words:
anteroom; antebellum; antedate.
Origin
< Latin, prefixal form of preposition and adv. ante (see ancient1); akin to Greek antí, Old English and- against, toward, opposite. See answer, and, anti-
Can be confused
ante, ante-, anti-, auntie.
Related Words
- antechamber
- antedate
- antefix
- anti-
- anticipant
- anticipate
ante-a prefix meaning 'before in space or time', as in antedate, antediluvian, anteroom, antecedent.
[Latin]ante-
prefix
a. prior : earlier
antedate
b. anterior : forward
anteroom
2. prior to : earlier than
antediluvian
prefix
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin, from ante before, in front of; akin to Old English and- against, Greek anti before, against — more at end
1.a. prior : earlier
antedate
b. anterior : forward
anteroom
2. prior to : earlier than
antediluvian
ante-
prefix
- before; preceding表示“在…之前”:
-
antechapel
antecedent.
词源
from Latin ante 'before'.
1817 Edin. Rev. XXVIII. 331The bathers first enter a vault or *antebath.
Ibid. ,The Georgian ladies employ the *ante-caverns as dressing rooms.
1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Par.Ch. §27If there is an *antechurch, they should be placed there.
1705 Phil. Trans. XXV. 2109Its Entrance, first and second Galleries, *Anticlosets.
1861 Gard. Chron. 6 July 621/3The spectator is supposed to stand in the *ante-garden.
1848 Lytton Harold iv. 148A low forlorn *ante-hall.
1829 Southey All for Love iv.Wks. VII. 173Now before the Holy Door In the *Ante-nave they stand.
1626 Bacon Sylva §106Whatsoever Vertue is in Numbers, for Conducing to Concent of Notes, is rather to be ascribed to the *Ante-number than to the Entire Number.
1624 Wotton Archit. (1672) 28An Atrium Græcum (we may translate it an *Anti-Porch, after the Greek manner).
1838 Britton Dict. Arch. 13Antica..a door, a porch, or *ante-portico.
1691 Ray Creation (1714) 28Swallowed into the crop..or at least into a kind of *Ante-stomach.
1841 Blackw. Mag. XLIX. 287That mysterious *ante-dawn—that prelibation of the full daylight..the Zodiacal light.
1611 Florio, Antidispositione, an *antidisposition, or precedent inclination.
1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. 141He..maintained..the Worlds *Ante-Eternity and Incorruptibility.
1684 Charnock Attrib. God (1834) I. 367The promise of eternal life is as ancient as God himself..as it hath an *ante-eternity, so it hath a post-eternity.
1686 Goad Celest. Bod. i. xv. 96At other hours of the *Ante-Noon.
1656 Blount Glossogr.,*Anteoccupation, a preventing or seising first.
1706 Phillips, *Antepredicaments (in Logick) things necessary to be known before-hand, for the better understanding of the Predicaments; as Definitions of Terms, etc.
1881 G. Milner Country Pleas. (ed. 2) 2Our *antespring—our premonitory awakening.
1861 Sheppard Fall of Rome iv. 165An *antetaste of those dire and bloody struggles.
1861 Hulme Moquin-Tandon ii. i. 44The small intestine or *anticæcal.
1909 Webster, *Anteconsonantal.
1927 Mod. Philology Nov. 226 OHGza- is the anteconsonantal form of zar-.
1937 C. E. Bazell in Jrnl. Eng. &Ger. Philol. Jan 6Part of a plural system wherein j represented before a vowel the ante-consonantal i of the other cases.
1893 Funk's Standard Dict. ,*Antecubital.
1908 Practitioner Sept. 486 The injection made into one of the large veins of the ante-cubital region.
1962 Lancet 29 Dec. 1372/2 In other cases an ante⁓cubital vein was used.
1834 Southey Doctor (1862) 2The chapters *ante-initial and post-initial.
1826 Kirby & Spence Entomol. IV. xxxviii. 38The *antepectoral pair of the mole-cricket.
1835 I. Taylor Spir. Desp. iii. 96The *antebabylonish Jews.
1850 C. Wordsw. Occas. Serm. Ser. i. 104*Ante-baptismal regeneration.
1847 L. Hunt Men, Wom., &Bks. II. x. 219*Ante-bridal trepidation.
1858 Sears Athan. iii. iii. 270What was the *ante-Christian doctrine respecting the condition of the dead?
1827 Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 487This part of the *Ante-Communion Service is now so commonly omitted on Sundays.
1880 Gunther Fishes 16Several of such *antecuvierian works must be mentioned.
1829 Southey in Q.Rev. XXXIX. 361Its *ante-ecclesiastical history.
1834 H. Coleridge Grk.Class. Poets 99This event..is involved in the same thick mist of *ante-historic antiquity.
1860 Farrar Orig. Lang. x. 214Other languages also in an *ante-historical and embryonary state.
1861 Tulloch Eng. Purit. ii. 264He fills up the *ante-human space..by an array of spiritual machinery.
1811 Knox & Jebb Corr. II. 44This *ante-jentacular hour.
1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 50Purgatory, or *Antejudiciary and intermedial delivery of souls.
1880 Muirhead GaiusIntrod. 7Any question of *Ante-Justinianian law.
1865 Lubbock Preh. Times 60The Stone age..the *ante-metallic period.
1827 Hare Guesses ii. (1873) 556If a spirit..were to revisit this home of its *antemortal existence.
1883 Standard 16 May 5/2 The *ante-mortem treatment of the brutes.
1684 T. Burnet Th. Earth I. 283,I look upon all other that pretend to be *ante-Mosaical or patriarchal, as spurious and fabulous. [ books]
1863 Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. iii. 11As to the *ante-Norman councils.
1818 Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) III. 75To legitimate the duke of Lancaster's *ante-nuptial children.
1765 Tucker Lt.Nat. II. 328Primeval sages or *ante-patriarchal Saracens.
1855 Wiseman Fabiola 220The old capsarius as he had had himself rattlingly called in his *ante-posthumous inscription.
1852 S. R. Maitland Essays 165They had never seen any *ante-reformation Waldenses.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. iii. 73Bishop Osmond, the regulator of the *ante-reformational English ritual.
1858 Sears Athan. iv. 25The *ante-resurrection period.
1839 W. Irving Wolfert's Roost (1855) 164An old gentleman, whose dress was decidedly *ante-revolutional.
1860 Mill Repres.Govt. (1865) 23/2With Austria or *ante-revolutionary France.
1842 Chamb. Jrnl. 30 July 231The dim *ante-sunrise light.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 123*Ante-war lightness of national taxation.
ante-
word-forming element meaning "before, in front of; previous, existing beforehand; introductory to," from Latin ante (prep. and adv.) "before, in front of, opposite," used in combinations, from PIE *anti "facing opposite, near, in front of, before" (see ante).
ORIGIN: Latin ante preposition & adverb = before.
☞ ante
an·te-
\|antē, |aan-, -tə̇\ prefix
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from ante before, in front, in front of; akin to Old English and-, on- against, Old High German ant-, int-, Old Norse and-, Gothic anda-, and-, Greek anti before, against, Sanskrit anti in the presence of, Hittite hanti in front — more at end
1.
a. : prior : precedent : earlier
< antenati >
< antepast >
< antetype >
b. : anterior
< anteroom >
: forward
< anteflexion >
< anteversion >
2.
a. : prior to : earlier than
< anteclassical >
< antenatal >
< antepartum >
b. : in front of
< anteorbital >
< antetemple >
1.
a.
< antenati >
< antepast >
< antetype >
b.
< anteroom >
: forward
< anteflexion >
< anteversion >
2.
a.
< anteclassical >
< antenatal >
< antepartum >
b.
< anteorbital >
< antetemple >
ante-
Prefix
- non-productive Prior to in time.
- antebellum
- non-productive In front of in space.
- antechamber
Etymology
Latin ante (“preposition and prefix”); akin to Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí), Sanskrit अन्ति (anti), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳- (and-), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰- (anda-) (only in compounds), 𐌰𐌽𐌳- (and-), 𐍉𐌽𐌳- (ōnd-), (only in compounds): compare answer, along, German ant-, ent- (in compounds).
Usage notes
Ante- should not to be confused with anti-.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
English words prefixed with ante-
See also
前缀:ante- 表示"前面, 先"
antedate 提前写日期;先于,早于(ante+date日期→提前写日期)
anterior 前面的(ante+erior[…的] →前面的)
antecedent (aute+ced走+ent→走在前面的[事] →前事)
前缀:ante- 前、先
anteroom 前室,接待室
anteport 前港,外港
antemeridian 午前的
antenatal 出生前的
antechamber 前厅
antetype 原型
antedate 比实际早的日期
antestomach 前胃
antenuptical 婚前的
antecessor 先行者,先驱者