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Word: predate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.

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Verb:

  • 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 prey upon something.
  • transitive To exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.)

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