| 单词 | predate |
| 释义 | predate (once / 20274 pages) 1v 2v To predate is to happen or exist before something else. If you move into a house that already has a ghost, the ghost predates you. Boo! If your interest in soul music predates your sister's, you loved it first. When you use predate this way, you can read it as a combination of pre-, "before," and date, "point in time." Another meaning of this verb is "to prey on for food," so you could say that your cat predates the mice that live in your kitchen. This definition stems from predator, from the Latin praedator, "plunderer." WORD FAMILYpredate: predated, predates, predating+/antedate: antedated, antedates, antedating/datable: undatable/date: antedate, datable, dateable, dated, dateless, dates, dating, foredate, misdate, postdate, predate/dated: datedly, undated/dateless: datelessly/dating: datings/misdate: misdated, misdates, misdating/postdate: postdated, postdates, postdating USAGE EXAMPLESMost conjure the show’s themes with techniques that considerably predate Thomas Edison. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) In Thursday’s ruling, all nine Supreme Court justices agreed that projects predating mid-2015 would not be protected indefinitely under older, less-strict rules. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) “It not only predates the discussion of the Second Avenue subway, it predates the subway, full stop,” Ms. Mirrer said. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v be earlier in time; go back further Syn|Ant antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede follow, postdate be later in time come after, followcome after in time, as a result 2v come before Syn|Hyper precede lie be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position 3v establish something as being earlier relative to something else 2Syn|Ant|Hyper antedate, foredate postdate establish something as being later relative to something else chronologise, chronologize establish the order in time of something v prey on or hunt for These mammals predate certain eggs Syn|Hyper prey, raven forage wander and feed |
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