an tag on ize (BrE also -ise) /aen'taeganaiz/ verb [VN] to do sth to make sb angry with you    Not

wishing to antagonize her further, he said no more, fife A

m&mm&H, twiHo

the Ant-arc-tic /aen'taiktik; NAmE -'ta:rk-/ noun [sing.] the regions of the world around the South Pole $£ fife' IX ► Ant-arc-tic adj. [only before noun] :      Antarctic

explorers  — compare Arctic

the Antarctic ‘Circle noun [sing.] the line of latitude 66° 33' South — compare Arctic ante /'aenti/ noun [sing.]       raise/up the ’ante to

increase the level of sth, especially demands or sums of

money A; igAn&flK ante- /'aenti/ prefix (in nouns, adjectives and verbs

before; in front of fE•••hu; &••• ante-room huJf 0 antenatal T^hu 0 antedate

—                 compare post-, pre-

ant-eat-er /'aenti:ta(r)/ noun an animal with a long nose and tongue that eats ants

ante-bellum /.aenti'belam/ adj. [only before noun] connected with the years before a war, especially the American Civil War  ft; ( Xtti ) US 1*1 $HU

(ft:   the laws of the antebellum American South |*| $ hu

ante ce dent /.aenti'siidnt/ noun, adj. mnoun 1 [C] (formal) a thing or an event that exists or comes before another, and may have influenced it Htf ¥ ; HU 'If 2 antecedents [pi.] (formal) the people in sb’s family who lived a long time ago jfi. ; 5fc A ancestors 3 [C] (grammar a word or phrase to which the following word, especially a pronoun, refers fir is]; 5fe fr iff: In ‘He grabbed the ball and threw it in the air’, ‘ball’ is the antecedent of ‘it’. fE He grabbed the ball and threw it in the air -hj rfc, ball j| it (ft Africa

m adj. (formal) previous HU frxJ: antecedent events A HU (ft

ante cham ber /'aentitjeimbafc)/ noun (formal) = ante­room

ante-date /.aenti'deit/ verb [VN] = pre-date ante-di-lu-vian /.aentidi'luivian/ adj. (formal or humor­ous) very old-fashioned #-BMBt(ft; Afr^itlft ante-lope /'aentilaup; NAmE -loup/ noun (pi. ante-lope or ante-lopes) an African or Asian animal like a deer, that runs very fast. There are many types of antelope. ;

ante-natal /.aenti'neitl/ (BrE) (also pre-natal NAmE, BrE) adj. [only before noun] relating to the medical care given to pregnant women f* hu (ft: antenatal care/classes/ screening 7*ill $ fi / ^    0 an antenatal clinic

f* hu       — compare post-natal

an-tenna /aen'tena/ noun 1 (pi. an-ten-nae /-nil/) either of the two long thin parts on the heads of some insects and some animals that live in shells, used to feel and touch things with ; M.M HE! feeler: (figurative) The minister was praised for his acute political antennae (= ability to understand complicated political situations). & {fc -fc IM 'Sfc ft? M Hfc Wt $£ A if „

—                 picture o page R29 2 (pi. an-ten-nas or an-ten-nae)

(especially NAmE) = aerial n.:       radio antennas iftIHJL

antepenultimate /.aentipen'Altimat/ adj. [only before noun] (formal) two before the last; third last ( 4" ) (ft: the antepenultimate item on the agenda

an ter ior /aen'tiaria(r); NAmE -'tir-/ adj. [only before noun] (technical A iff) (of a part of the body ^Wv$\tL) at or near the front hu rP(ft; hu ®] (ft posterior ante-room /'aentirurm; -rum/ (also formal ante-cham­ber) noun a room where people can wait before entering a larger room, especially in an important

public building () hu Jr, mm

an them /'aenGam/ noun 1 a song which has a special importance for a country, an organization, or a particular group of people and is sung on special occasions M«:   The

European anthem was played at the opening and closing