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predate 音标拼音: [prid'et] [pr'id'et] v. 提早日期;预期;居先;预料 提早日期;预期;居先;预料 predate v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; " Stone tools precede bronze tools" [ synonym: { predate}, { precede}, { forego}, { forgo}, { antecede}, { antedate}] [ ant: { follow}, { postdate}] 2: come before; " Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" [ synonym: { precede}, { predate}] 3: prey on or hunt for; " These mammals predate certain eggs" [ synonym: { raven}, { prey}, { predate}] 4: establish something as being earlier relative to something else [ synonym: { predate}, { antedate}, { foredate}] [ ant: { postdate}] Predate \ Pre* date"\, v. t. To date anticipation; to affix to ( a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter. [ 1913 Webster] 28 Moby Thesaurus words for " predate": announce, antecede, antedate, anticipate, backdate, be before, be dated, be early, bear date, come before, date, date at, date- stamp, dateline, datemark, forerun, go before, herald, make a date, pace, postdate, precede, precurse, preexist, proclaim, set the date, update, usher in
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