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• pre-date

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɹiːˌdeɪt/, /ˌpɹiːˈdeɪt/
• 韻: -eɪt

動詞

predate (third-person singular simple present predates, present participle predating, simple past and past participle predated)

1. 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".)
2. (transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.

   The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.

   • 2020 May 20, Paul Clifton, “A hydrogen solution to decarbonisation?”, in Rail, page 54:

     "The Tees Valley has ageing diesel trains that predate any form of emission control.

同意語

• (to designate a date earlier): antedate, backdate, foredate; see also Thesaurus:backdate
• (to occur before something else): antedate; see also Thesaurus:predate

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “to designate a date earlier”): overdate, postdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate
• (antonym(s) of “to occur before something else”): postdate

派生語

名詞

predate (plural predates)

1. A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.

語源 2

Back-formation from predation or predator.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /pɹəˈdeɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɹɪˈdeɪt/
• 韻: -eɪt

動詞

predate (third-person singular simple present predates, present participle predating, simple past and past participle predated)

1. (ambitransitive) To prey upon something.

   Synonym: depredate

関連する語

参照

• “predate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “predate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• adepter, pad-tree, readept, red tape, redtape, retaped, tapered