predating
Meaning of predating
- 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".)
- To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.
verb
To prey upon something.
Information about predating
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of predating
pre-dat-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- predating is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
predating synonyms
Meaning :
antedate, backdate, foredate, prey
predating antonyms
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Anagrams of predating
departing, pentagrid, petarding
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