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noun
A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To prey upon something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Synonyms: depredate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
establish something as being earlier relative to something else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: antedate, foredate
Antonyms: postdate
Broader terms: chronologize, chronologise
verb
prey on or hunt for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: raven, prey
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: forage
verb
come before
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: precede
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lie
verb
be earlier in time; go back further
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
Antonyms: postdate
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English date English predate From pre- + date.
Back-formation from predation or predator.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
