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Meaning of Posterior | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə

Definitions

  1. The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
    euphemistic, humorous, sometimes
  2. The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).

Equivalents

العربية المؤخّرة
Български задник следващ
Bosanski pošta
Català posterior
Čeština pozadí
Deutsch Arsch hintern Podex später
Esperanto posta postaĵo
Español posterior trasero
हिन्दी नितंब
Hrvatski pošta
Magyar far
Italiano posteriore
Te Reo Māori kumu
Nederlands achterste achterwerk later posterieur
Português posterior posterior
Română fund ulterior
Српски pošta

Examples

“Stephen reigned from 1135-1154, that nasty period of our history dubbed 'The Anarchy', when forces loyal to Stephen contested the throne with those of Henry I's daughter Matilda, who by rights should have been queen. Stephen, her cousin, plonked his own posterior on the throne.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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