Meaning

1 senses

  1. To die sooner than.

    Husbands usually predecease their wives.

    Frederick, Prince of Wales, predeceased his father and never became king.

    die before; die earlier than

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Tom's wife Mary predeceased him.

    Томова дружина Мері померла раніше за нього. — deniko

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  2. Tom predeceased his father.

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  3. Tom Jackson was predeceased by his wife, Mary.

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  4. Tom's brother, John, predeceased him.

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  5. My grandfather predeceased my great-grandfather.

    ruМой дед умер раньше прадеда. — soniamiku

    deMein Großvater ist noch vor meinem Urgroßvater gestorben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

predeceases, predeceasing, predeceased, predeceased
Base formpredecease · to predecease
3rd person singularpredeceases
Present participlepredeceasing
Past simplepredeceased
Past participlepredeceased

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypredecease
he, she, itpredeceases

Past simpleLesson

all personspredeceased

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave predeceased
he, she, ithas predeceased

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill predecease

Antonyms

3 antonyms
die sooner than:outliveB2postdeceasesurviveA2

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpredeceaser

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
predatepredatorpredatorypredecessorC1predestinationpredestinepredetermine
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