predate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɹɪˈdeɪt/    美 /pɹəˈdeɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
动词 v.
  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. To prey upon something. ambitransitive
  3. To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate. transitive
    — The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.

词形变化

predates present,singular,third-person predating participle,present predated participle,past predated past pre-date alternative predates plural pre-date alternative predates present,singular,third-person predating participle,present predated participle,past predated past

词汇关系

近义词
backdate foredate precede predate preexist
反义词
overdate postdate
衍生词
hyperpredated unpredated

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
Back-formation from predation or predator.
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