predate
verb (used with object)
to date before the actual time; antedate.
predates
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present tense formof predate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Yet if human folly predates the decline of reading, the atrophy of this splendid activity is no less lamentable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
We don’t know for sure, but they may have arrived at this choice using logic that predates you.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Moral outrage at the behaviour of young people is nothing new and predates the invention of e-bikes by a considerable margin.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
And as we get into subsequent episodes that we’re dealing with now, we see that Robby’s sense of loss predates Louie and his mentor, Adamson, and it goes back to almost an original sin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Use of the word “upset” in this sense predates that race.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
