verb🔗ShareTo designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)"The professor, realizing he'd made a mistake, ended up predating the assignment's deadline by a week, giving the students extra time. "timehistoryeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo exist or to occur before something else; to antedate."My grandmother's recipes predate the invention of the microwave. "timehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo prey upon something."The bully was predating weaker students, taking their lunch money every day. "animalbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
