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posteriority
noun[ U ]
formaluk /pɒsˌtɪə.riˈɒr.ə.ti/ us /pɑːˌstɪr.iˈɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the fact of coming after something or being positioned behind something:
The idea of priority and posteriority between the actions in a series is missing.
While the Polish language uses future forms to express present intentions, wishes, etc., they can also express posteriority.
I would argue that the to-infinitive here represents a relation of posteriority between two event times.
He emphasized the element of logical and historical consequence rather than just temporal posteriority.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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afterwards
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as it isidiom
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in advance of something/someoneidiom
in the wake of somethingidiom
next
posterior
previous
prior
priorly
prologue
quondam
upstream
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