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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.