predate

predate is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.
2. verb. establish something as being earlier relative to something else

   Synonyms: antedate, foredate

3. verb. prey on or hunt for

   "These mammals predate certain eggs"

   Synonyms: prey, raven

4. verb. come before

   "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

   Synonyms: precede

5. verb. be earlier in time; go back further

   "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

   Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede

Synonyms

antedate, foredate, prey, raven, precede, antecede, forego, forgo

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in predate:

adepter, padtree, readept, retaped, tapered

Common word forms

predated, predates, predating

Words from these letters

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