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Posteriority

The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.

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Lateness 76% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Posterior 74% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Posterior 74% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Subsequence 92% connected

Alt. of Subsequency

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Anteriority 94% connected

The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.

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Anteriority 94% connected

The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.

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Precedency 94% connected

The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.

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Precedency 94% connected

The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.

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Accident noun · 78% connection

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event;…

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After adjective · 78% connection

Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.

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Afterclap noun · 78% connection

An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

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Afterthought noun · 78% connection

Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.

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Antecedency noun · 78% connection

The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.

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Bus network noun · 78% connection

a network topology in which nodes are connected in a daisy chain by a linear sequence of buses.; "In a bus network, every station rece…

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Catastrophe noun · 78% connection

An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence,…

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Commemorate verb · 78% connection

To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some…

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Contingency noun · 78% connection

An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.

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Epoch noun · 78% connection

A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event…

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Expectation noun · 78% connection

The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for…

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Future adjective · 78% connection

Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time…

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Futurity noun · 78% connection

Event to come; a future event.

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Miracle noun · 78% connection

Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of…

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Parachronism noun · 78% connection

An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is set later than the time of its occurrence.

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Place noun · 78% connection

Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, off…

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Pluperfect adjective · 78% connection

More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of ano…

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Post-disseizin noun · 78% connection

A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on suc…

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