predate
Prononciation : [priːˈdeɪt]
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Contexte : « time »
(verb) to exist or happen before something else. It's like when you find an old toy that was made before your birthday.
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Dinosaurs predate humans by millions of years, meaning they lived long before we did.
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The new book does not predate the last one; they were both published this year.
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Can you tell me which event predates the invention of the telephone?
Contexte : « relationships »
(verb) to assign an earlier date to something. For example, sometimes people write an older date on a letter to make it seem like it was sent earlier.
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The historian decided to predate the document to make it fit into the timeline.
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She didn't want to predate her application because she wanted to be honest about when she submitted it.
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Why do some people choose to predate their invitations?
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