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predatepredate /priˈdeɪt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEpredate |
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 |
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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 |
to have happened or existed earlier in history than something else: Stone knives predate bows and arrows. → antedate, backdate, postdate |