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Predecease

/ˌpɹiːdəˈsiːs/

The death of one person or thing before another.

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📖 Definitions of "Predecease"

noun

1
The death of one person or thing before another.

verb

1
To die sooner than.
"Husbands usually predecease their wives."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Predecease"

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Word	Definition
predeceasernoun	(law) One who predeceases.
precedernoun	One who precedes.
antecessornoun	A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
antecedencenoun	The relationship of preceding something in time or order.
predecessornoun	One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
precessornoun	(obsolete) A predecessor; one who came before.
prednoun	(countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate. [(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.]
antecessournoun	Obsolete form of antecessor. [A person or thing that precedes or goes before.]
predecessournoun	Obsolete form of predecessor. [One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.]
prædecessornoun	Archaic spelling of predecessor. [One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.]
precurrernoun	Obsolete form of precursor. [That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.]
preordainmentnoun	The act of preordaining something.
antecedentnoun	Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
precedencynoun	Precedence; superiority.
precedencenoun	The state of preceding in importance or priority.
predeadnoun	Alternative form of pre-dead. [Not yet dead.]
preregnantnoun	One who reigns before another; a sovereign predecessor.
antedaternoun	One who antedates something.
antedateverb	To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
predecessorshipnoun	The state or condition of being a predecessor.