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Predate: meaning, example and synonyms

Predatev. To exist or occur earlier than something else.

Flashcard for Predate (verb): to exist or occur earlier than something else. Example: Pollen samples from the lake bed suggest that farming in the valley predated the earliest known settlements by several centuries. Synonyms: precede, antedate, come before. Antonyms: follow, postdate, succeed. Memory tip: pre (before) + date: its date comes before the other's. Illustration: an archaeologist kneeling in an excavation pit, brushing soil from a layer of ancient pottery that lies far beneath a newer layer of stone foundations.

Example

Pollen samples from the lake bed suggest that farming in the valley predated the earliest known settlements by several centuries.

Part of speech
verb
Synonyms
precede, antedate, come before
Antonyms
follow, postdate, succeed
Memory tip
pre (before) + date: its date comes before the other's.

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Check yourself: Predate in context

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Question 1

Radiocarbon tests revealed that the wooden tools ______ the stone monuments by nearly a thousand years, overturning the assumption that the same people had made both.

Question 2

Because the manuscript ______ the arrival of the printing press in the region, scholars concluded that it must have been copied by hand.

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