predate
To designate a date earlier than the actual oneTo designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
» These trends predate the pandemic.
Diese Entwicklungen gab es schon vor der Pandemie.
Meaning
3 sensesTo designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
vorverlegen
(transitive)To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.
(vorzeitig, zu früh, vorher) auftreten
передуватиpereduvaty
(ambitransitive)To prey upon something.
vordatieren
Examples
6 sentencesThese trends predate the pandemic.
deDiese Entwicklungen gab es schon vor der Pandemie.
Dinosaurs predate humans.
North Africa's Jewish communities predate Islam.
Both socialism and communism predate Karl Marx.
The concept of hypertext predates the World Wide Web.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Back-formation from predation or predator.Back-formation from predation or predator.
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Forms
predates, predating, predated, predatedSynonyms
7 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle