- To mark or designate with a date earlier than the actual one: predated the check.
- To precede in time; antedate.
Dictionary:
pre·date (prē-dāt') ![]() |
| Thesaurus: predate |
| WordNet: predate |
The verb has 4 meanings:
Meaning #1:
be earlier in time; go back further
Synonyms: precede, forego, antecede, antedate
Antonym: postdate (meaning #1)
Meaning #2:
come before
Synonym: precede
Meaning #3:
prey on or hunt for
Synonyms: raven, prey
Meaning #4:
establish something as being earlier relative to something else
Synonyms: antedate, foredate
Antonym: postdate (meaning #2)
| Translations: Predate |
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - foruddatere
Nederlands (Dutch)
van vroegere datum zijn, een vroegere datum geven
Français (French)
v. tr. - antidater, être antérieur à
Deutsch (German)
v. - vorausgehen, zurückdatieren
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προχρονολογώ
Italiano (Italian)
predatare, precedere
Português (Portuguese)
v. - pré-datar
Русский (Russian)
датировать задним числом, предшествовать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - preceder
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fördatera, antedatera
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
把...的日期填得早于实际日期, 在日期上早于
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 把...的日期填得早於實際日期, 在日期上早於
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~보다 먼저 오다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 先立つ, 前日付けにする
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) أرخ بتاريخ سابق
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - התרחש לפני, הקדים תאריך
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