Synonyms of predates

predates

verb

present tense third-person singular of predate

as in precedes

to go or come before in time

gunpowder predated the invention of the gun by several centuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• precedes
• antedates
• foregoes
• preexists
• antecedes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• follows
• succeeds
• postdates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of predates

Venezuela government contracts Pulido, born in Bogotá in 1963, has a history that predates his emergence as one of the businessmen accused of profiting from Venezuela’s government contracting system. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

But many of the implications of Khot’s original conjecture already followed from this 4-to-1 version — most notably, a new result about the difficulty of a classic graph-coloring problem that predates Khot’s work by decades. — Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026

In fact, the concept predates large language models (LLMs); by the 2000s, researchers were studying it as a way to increase efficiency for neural networks. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

The Marine Cream predates today’s collagen skin care boom, while the Cleansing Balm has held its own through countless new launches, viral routines, and changing beauty trends. — Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

In response to questions from The Sacramento Bee, Barajas said Hilton meant that the campaign hadn’t paid Rubin for the substance of his reporting on the topic, which predates Hilton’s campaign. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Stone, on the other hand, is an immemorial material that predates human beings and will undoubtedly endure in our absence. — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

The launch actually predates the Canadian Space Agency, itself, which formed in March 1989. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026

The category went viral on TikTok, though the underlying physiology predates the trend. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026