noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:P R EH1 D AH0 T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A sexual predator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
any animal that lives by preying on other animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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