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".)
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» These trends predate the pandemic.
Diese Entwicklungen gab es schon vor der Pandemie. — Waldelfe
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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. — Waldelfe
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
By meaning 3
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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.