a priori

Meaning

  1. beforehand
  2. a priori

Synonyms

ex ante

Translations

a priori

a priori

εκ των προτέρων

von vorneherein

aus Vernunftgründen (erschlossen)

Hyphenated as
a pri‧o‧ri
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a pɾiˈoɾi/
Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ā priōrī (“involving reasoning from cause to effect; from first principles”, literally “from the former”).

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