(pre-date) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to exist or occur before something else.

Example Sentence

Please predate the check by three days.

More Example Sentences

Dinosaurs predate many mammals by millions of years.

Synonyms

precede; antedate; forerun

Antonyms

succeed; follow; come after

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Rhymes

  • ate
  • aydt
  • bait
  • bate
  • beit
  • cate
  • chait
  • crate
  • date
  • eight
  • fait
  • fate
  • feight
  • fete
  • frate
  • freight
  • gait
  • gate
  • grate
  • great
  • haight
  • hait
  • hate
  • kate
  • late
  • leight
  • mate
  • nate
  • pait
  • pate
  • plait
  • plate
  • prate
  • rait
  • raitt
  • rate
  • sate
  • skate
  • slate
  • spate
  • speight
  • state
  • straight
  • strait
  • strate
  • streight
  • tait
  • taite
  • taitt
  • tate
  • trait
  • wait
  • waite
  • waitt
  • wayt
  • weight

  • abate
  • await
  • belate
  • berate
  • collate
  • conflate
  • create
  • debate
  • deflate
  • dictate
  • dilate
  • elate
  • equate
  • est
  • estate
  • gestate
  • inflate
  • innate
  • irate
  • iwate
  • kuwait
  • lightweight
  • m-8
  • mccreight
  • mcfate
  • misstate
  • negate
  • oblate
  • ornate
  • postdate
  • predate
  • prorate
  • reflate
  • relate
  • restate
  • sedate
  • sumgait
  • translate
  • tri-state
  • update
  • upstate
  • predate

  • conjugate
  • desecrate
  • disinflate
  • interstate
  • intrastate
  • multistate
  • overrate
  • overweight
  • procreate
  • reinstate
  • silverplate
  • solid-state
  • telerate
  • underrate

  • demodulate
  • interrelate
  • recriminate
  • remunerate