Associations to the word «Predate»
Noun
- Cul
- Cult
- Stratum
- Conan
- Text
- Designation
- Occurrence
- Fourier
- Sunni
- Phenomenon
- Freud
- Root
- Internet
- Amos
- Predecessor
- Deity
- Anglo
- Gull
- Contact
- Hinduism
- Scandinavia
- Font
- Record
- Charter
- Shakespeare
- Speculation
- Culture
- Eagle
- Edison
- Mound
- Renaissance
- Certainty
- Messiah
- Myth
- Tibet
- Availability
- Manor
- Vulture
- Cemetery
- Proper
- Greco
- Lacrosse
- Documentation
- Conversion
- Belief
- Reggae
- Genesis
- Slug
- Mention
- Script
- Revolution
- Atlantis
- Today
- Tenure
- Term
- Mage
- Gran
- Resemblance
- Appearing
Adjective
Wiktionary
PREDATE, verb. 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".)
PREDATE, verb. (transitive) To exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.)
PREDATE, noun. A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
PREDATE, verb. To prey upon something.
Dictionary definition
PREDATE, verb. Be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools".
PREDATE, verb. Come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify".
PREDATE, verb. Prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs".
PREDATE, verb. Establish something as being earlier relative to something else.
Wise words
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.