how to pronounce posterior

/pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.əɹ/

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posterior is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of posterior in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… guard thy posterior least all be gone …”

meanings of posterior

adjective:

Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
Following in order or in time.
Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.

noun:

The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
The buttocks.

posterior frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word posterior occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics posterior can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that posterior can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;