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1.nounThe assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
2.nounThe anticipation of an objection to an argument.
3.noun(grammar) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
4.nounA so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
5.nounGrowth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
6.noun(authorship) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.