单词	predate
释义	predatepre‧date /priːˈdeɪt/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE predate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they predate he, she, it predates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they predated Present perfect I, you, we, they have predated he, she, it has predated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had predated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will predate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have predated Continuous Form Present I am predating he, she, it is predating you, we, they are predating Past I, he, she, it was predating you, we, they were predating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been predating he, she, it has been predating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been predating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be predating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been predating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Many economic systems predate capitalism. Stone knives predate bows and arrows. The steam engine predates the internal combustion engine by at least 100 years. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A strong concern about physical appearance seems to predate the development of anorexia nervosa. At first, they rolled tires from crucible steel, a method predating Bessemer and the other recent innovations. Corning is a very old technique for preserving meats, predating commercial refrigeration. Rather these are mental health problems which predate the onset of later life. The adhesion function of IgSF members is believed to predate their role in antigen recognition. The major part of these changes predate 1981. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto happen or exist before someone or something else► come before · The paragraph says basically the same thing as the one that came before.come before something · The salad usually comes before the main course.· In the Greek alphabet, the letter delta comes before the letter epsilon. ► precede formal to come just before something else in a pattern or series: · In English, the subject precedes the verb.· On vehicle licence plates in the UK, the numbers are preceded by a single letter. ► predate if one historical event or object predates another, it happened or existed before it: · Many economic systems predate capitalism.predate something by 10/50/200 etc years: · The steam engine predates the internal combustion engine by at least 100 years. ► lead up to if an event leads up to another event, it comes before it and often causes it to happen: · Monroe still refuses to talk about the events which led up to his resignation.· The book describes some of the events leading up to the First World War. ► come first if one of two events comes first , it happens before the other event: · The rains came first, then the storms. ► be a prelude to something formal or written if an event is a prelude to a more important event, it happens just before it and often makes people expect it: · The air-strike was just a prelude to the invasion.· The revolution of 1789 was a prelude to a more just and equal society. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectivedatedoutdatedverbdatepredatenoundate to happen or exist earlier in history than something else:  The kingdom predates other African cultures by over 3,000 years.
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