preexist

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'exister avant quelque chose d'autre dans le temps ou dans une séquence.

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.

   exister antérieurement

   • 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.

   Synonymesantedateprecedepredate