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Verb predate has 4 senses
- predate, precede, forego, antecede, antedate - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
Antonyms: postdate, follow
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- precede, predate - come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
--2 is one way to lie
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- raven, prey, predate - prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
--3 is one way to forage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- predate, antedate, foredate - establish something as being earlier relative to something else
--4 is one way to chronologize, chronologise
Antonyms: postdate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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