ex ante

[eks an-tee]

adjective

1. based on anticipated changes or activity in an economy (ex post ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of ex ante¹

< Latin: literally, from (what might lie) ahead; according to (what lies) ahead

Example Sentences

That is to say, a denaturalization can move forward only if the government can establish to the satisfaction of a federal judge that there are ex ante facts that would have clearly made the person directly ineligible for citizenship in the first place.

From Slate

That ex ante part is important.

From Slate

"A greater ex ante national ownership of the design of fiscal trajectories could be balanced by a stronger ex post enforcement at EU level," he said.

From Reuters

"There shall be no separate requirement on Plaintiff at this stage, prior to the review of any of the Seized Materials, to lodge ex ante final objections to the accuracy of Defendant's Inventory, its descriptions, or its contents. The Court's Appointment Order did not contemplate that obligation," Cannon wrote.

From Salon

“There shall be no separate requirement on Plaintiff at this stage, prior to the review of any of the Seized Materials, to lodge ex ante final objections to the accuracy of Defendant’s Inventory, its descriptions, or its content,” Cannon wrote.

From Washington Post