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predate

English

  1. 🔊 establish something as being earlier relative to something else
  2. 🔊 be earlier in time
    “Stone tools precede bronze tools”
  3. 🔊 come before
    “Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify”
  4. 🔊 prey on or hunt for
    “These mammals predate certain eggs”

Similar words

antedate foredate raven prey precede precede forego forgo antecede antedate announce antecede antedate anticipate backdate be before be dated be early bear date come before date date at date-stamp dateline