predate

verb

🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪt/

(also antedate)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they predate	🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪt/ 🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪt/
he / she / it predates	🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪts/ 🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪts/
past simple predated	🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd/
past participle predated	🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd/
-ing form predating	🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪŋ/

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predate something to be built or formed, or to happen, at an earlier date than something else in the past早于；先于…建成（或形成、发生等）
- Few of the town's fine buildings predate the earthquake of 1755.该城那些精美的建筑很少是 1755 年大地震前建成的。🔊🔊
opposite post-date