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predate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of predate

to go or come before in time
  • Gunpowder predated the invention of the gun by several centuries.
Synonyms of predate

antecede, antedate, forego, precede, preexist
Antonyms of predate

follow, postdate, succeed

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