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  • Antero
    Antero
    noun
    Mount Antero, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Mountains. 14,269 feet (4,349 meters).
  • antero-
    antero-
    a combining form with the meaning “situated in front, fore,” used in the formation of compound words.

Antero

1 American  
[an-tair-oh] / ænˈtɛər oʊ /

noun

  1. Mount Antero, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Mountains. 14,269 feet (4,349 meters).


antero- 2 American  
  1. a combining form with the meaning “situated in front, fore,” used in the formation of compound words.

    anteroparietal.


Etymology

Origin of antero-

anter(ior) + -o-

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The natural-gas producer late last year agreed to sell assets in West Virginia’s Marcellus Shale region to publicly traded Antero Resources for $2.8 billion, giving continuation-fund backers a quick exit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

Antero and Chesapeake did not respond to a request for a comment.

From Reuters Feb. 14, 2023

Antero Ramos, 68, who is from the village of Casare in Ubay, lost his wife, Tarsila Ramos, 61, and two of his daughters, Nita, 37, and Nenita, 28, in the storm.

From New York Times Dec. 27, 2021

Philadelphia’s Antero Niittymaki stops 28 shots in regulation and overtime and all three during the shootout.

From Washington Times Dec. 1, 2019

You can find a hundred phrases, And a thousand words discover, Known to Antero Vipunen only, In his monstrous mouth and body.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)

This projects as a small sac between the antero- and postero-lateral ligaments of the joint.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

The internal face is concave, and covers in front the pedal articulation and the synovial sac, already mentioned as protruding between the antero- and postero-lateral ligaments of that joint.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

It will be remembered that here the synovial membrane protrudes as a small sac between the antero- and postero-lateral ligaments of the joint.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

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