verb🔗Share日付を遡る, 日付を繰り上げる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".)"The professor, realizing he'd made a mistake, ended up predating the assignment's deadline by a week, giving the students extra time. "教授は自分のミスに気づき、最終的に課題の締め切りを1週間繰り上げ、学生たちに余分な時間を与えました。timehistoryeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share先行する、より古いTo exist or to occur before something else; to antedate."My grandmother's recipes predate the invention of the microwave. "祖母のレシピは電子レンジの発明よりも古い。timehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share捕食する、食い物にするTo prey upon something."The bully was predating weaker students, taking their lunch money every day. "いじめっ子は弱い生徒を食い物にし、毎日昼食代を奪っていた。animalbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
