preexist

• Verb, das ausdrückt, dass etwas bereits vor etwas anderem in der Zeit existiert oder früher vorhanden ist.

A verb used to indicate the act of existing before something else in time or sequence.

1. Exist beforehandC1formal

   To exist before a particular event or point in time.

   Vorher existieren

   • The ancient ruins preexist the modern city by thousands of years.
   • Many of these traditions preexist the written records.
   • The condition must have preexisted the accident for the claim to be denied.

   Synonymeantedateprecedepredate