predate
pronunciation
How to pronounce predate in British English:
UK ['pri:'deɪt]
How to pronounce predate in American English:
US [priˈdet]
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- Verb:
- be earlier in time; go back further
- come before
- prey on or hunt for
- establish something as being earlier relative to something else
Word Origin
- predate (v.)
- "to seek prey," 1974, a back-formation from predator, etc. Related: Predated; predating. For the word meaning "antedate; pre-exist," see pre-date.
Example
- 1. Indeed , this strand may well predate the anti-pollution effort .
- 2. Some african countries have stocks that predate the ban , which they can also sell .
- 3. Mr khamenei had already declared such celebrations , which predate islam , to be religiously unlawful .
- 4. Geography partly explains the difference : america is spread out , while european cities predate the car .
- 5. But , being over 11000 years old , they predate the domestication of cereals in the middle east by a millennium .