predate

• فعل يُستخدم للإشارة إلى أن شيئًا ما وُجد أو حدث قبل شيء آخر في الزمن. ويُستعمل أيضًا بمعنى سبق في التاريخ أو تقدّم عليه زمنيًا.

A verb used to indicate that something existed or occurred before something else in time.

1. To exist earlier thanB2formal

   To occur or exist before something else in time.

   سَبَقَ

   • The ancient ruins predate the Roman Empire by several centuries.
   • This custom predates written history.
   • The fossils predate the earliest known human settlements.

   المرادفاتantecedeantedatecome beforeprecede

   الأضدادfollowpostdatesucceed

2. To come before in orderB2formal

   To precede something in a sequence or arrangement.

   سبق

   • The introduction predates the main argument in the essay.
   • The first chapter predates the detailed analysis.
   • The initial draft predates the final version by a month.

   المرادفاتantecedeantedatecome beforeforegoprecede

   الأضدادfollowpostdatesucceed

3. To prey on or huntB2formalscientific

   To hunt, kill, or feed on other animals.

   الافتراس

   • Lions predate on zebras and other herbivores.
   • Some birds predate on insects and small rodents.
   • The predator predates on weaker members of the herd.

   المرادفاتcatcheatfeed onhuntkill

4. To assign an earlier dateC1formalscientific

   To establish or claim that something existed or occurred earlier than previously thought.

   تأريخ بوقت أسبق

   • The archaeologist predated the artifact by carbon dating.
   • New evidence predates the manuscript to the 12th century.
   • The researcher predated the discovery to a much earlier period.

   المرادفاتantedatebackdate

   الأضدادpostdate