"ex ante" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ex post"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ex ante",
        "4": "",
        "5": "before the event"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ex ante (“before the event”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin ex ante (“before the event”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "nolinkhead": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "ex ante (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Finance",
          "orig": "en:Finance",
          "parents": [
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "predicted; forecast"
      ],
      "id": "en-ex_ante-en-adj-smu3dykq",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "predicted",
          "predicted"
        ],
        [
          "forecast",
          "forecast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, finance) predicted; forecast"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "a priori"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ex-ante"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance",
        "law"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "predicted",
          "word": "ennustettu"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ek ton protéron",
          "sense": "predicted",
          "word": "εκ των προτέρων"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "prokatavoliká",
          "sense": "predicted",
          "word": "προκαταβολικά"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ex-ante"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ex ante"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ex post"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ex ante",
        "4": "",
        "5": "before the event"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ex ante (“before the event”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin ex ante (“before the event”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "nolinkhead": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "ex ante (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "a priori"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "en:Finance",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "predicted; forecast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "predicted",
          "predicted"
        ],
        [
          "forecast",
          "forecast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, finance) predicted; forecast"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance",
        "law"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ex-ante"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ex-ante"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "predicted",
      "word": "ennustettu"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ek ton protéron",
      "sense": "predicted",
      "word": "εκ των προτέρων"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prokatavoliká",
      "sense": "predicted",
      "word": "προκαταβολικά"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ex ante"
}