predate
About 0.26 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
- verb To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.
- noun A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
- verb To prey upon something.
Similar words
antedate foredate antecede precede forego pre-date backdate postdate post-date advance
Often followed by
the it this those and that his their any or
Word family
predated predates predating
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