Predate

What do we mean by predate?

To mark or designate with a date earlier than the actual one. transitive verb

To precede in time; antedate. transitive verb

To antedate; date before the actual time: as, to predate a bond.

To possess an earlier date than; precede in date.

To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate. transitive verb

To prey upon something. verb

To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".) verb

To exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.) verb

A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue. noun

Establish something as being earlier relative to something else verb

Prey on or hunt for verb

Come before verb

Be earlier in time; go back further verb

A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.

Words that are spelled similarly to predate:
predate, prelate, pedate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word predate:
earliest, buddhism, emblem, invention, splitting, reformation, conquest, antarctica, advent, bce, counterparts, fossils, arrival, predators, tribal, islam, christianity, centuries, dating, fossil, archaeological, eggs, oldest, egyptian, adoption, migration, writings, norman, ago, introduction, discovery, originated, decades, surviving, era, establishment, century, evolved, formation, peoples, date, origins, references, founding, dynasty, interstate, likely, colonial, modern, widespread.

Words that rhyme with predate:
state, rate, date, plate, advocate, appropriate, appreciate, mitigate, great, propagate, facilitate, accommodate, articulate, elaborate, vacillate, mandate, estate, conflate, weight, abrogate, anticipate, repudiate, emulate, intimate, ameliorate, separate, alleviate, predicate, innate, obviate, exacerbate, associate, deliberate, obfuscate, abate, mate, gate, disseminate, consummate, slate, indicate, emanate, create, elucidate, contemplate, adequate, trait, straight, resonate, delineate, initiate, incorporate, postulate, dedicate, estimate, integrate, assimilate, delegate, extrapolate, fate, reiterate, coordinate, precipitate, corroborate, collaborate, gait, manipulate, evaluate, desolate, late, designate, alternate, update, rait, collate, surrogate, abdicate, cultivate, procrastinate, freight, commiserate, consolidate, wait, moderate, arrogate, spate, relate, debate, demonstrate, deprecate, stipulate, inculcate, denigrate, celebrate, dissipate, graduate, exonerate, communicate, subordinate, negate.

Adjectives that are often used to describe predate:
few, long.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective predate:
contact.

Consonant match to predate:
prayed it, prayed out, prod it, prudit.

Words that sound like predate:
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