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Predated
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".)
📖 Definitions of "Predated"
verb
- 1
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".)
- 2
To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
"The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal."
verb
- 1
To prey upon something.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Predated"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| encroachverb | (intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory. |
| obviatedverb | (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary. |
| precededverb | (transitive) To go before, go in front of. |
| antecededverb | To go before; to precede. |
| antedatedverb | To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time. |
| antedatesverb | To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time. |
| antedateverb | To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time. |
| antecedingverb | To go before; to precede. |
| antecedeverb | To go before; to precede. |
| predicatedverb | (transitive, logic) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something. |
| predominatedverb | (intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size. |
| preexistsverb | (intransitive) To exist before something else. |
| antecedentnoun | Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing. |
| prior to | — |
| preexistverb | (intransitive) To exist before something else. |
| precedeverb | (transitive) To go before, go in front of. |
| presagedverb | (transitive) To predict or foretell something. |
| precedesverb | (transitive) To go before, go in front of. |
| antecedently | At an earlier time. |
| prefiguredverb | (often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand. |
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