Word Study
predate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb predate has 4 senses
- predate(v = verb.stative) antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" Antonym: postdate
- predate(v = verb.stative) precede - come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" is one way to lie
- predate(v = verb.consumption) prey, raven - prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" is one way to forage
- predate(v = verb.change) antedate, foredate - establish something as being earlier relative to something else; Array is one way to chronologise, chronologize
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun predation2, noun predation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym: postdate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
predate, v. t.
To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
predate
announce, antecede, antedate, anticipate, backdate, be before, be dated, be early, bear date, come before, date, date at, date-stamp, dateline, datemark, forerun, go before, herald, make a date, pace, postdate, precede, precurse, preexist, proclaim, set the date, update, usher in
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