predate

• Verbo usado para indicar que algo existiu ou aconteceu antes de outra coisa no tempo. Também pode significar anteceder ou vir antes em ordem, ou ainda, no sentido de predador, caçar ou comer outro animal.

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.

   Preceder

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

   Sinônimosantecedeantedatecome beforeprecede

   Antônimosfollowpostdatesucceed

2. To come before in orderB2formal

   To precede something in a sequence or arrangement.

   Preceder

   • 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.

   Sinônimosantecedeantedatecome beforeforegoprecede

   Antônimosfollowpostdatesucceed

3. To prey on or huntB2formalscientific

   To hunt, kill, or feed on other animals.

   Predar

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

   Sinônimoscatcheatfeed onhuntkill

4. To assign an earlier dateC1formalscientific

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

   Datar como anterior

   • 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.

   Sinônimosantedatebackdate

   Antônimospostdate