predate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be earlier in time; go back further
Stone tools precede bronze tools
Related & opposite
- postdate antonym
- precession derivation
- antecedence derivation
- precedent derivation
- antecedent derivation
- precedent derivation
Sense 2 verb
come before
Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
Types & categories
- lie hypernym
Related & opposite
- precession derivation
- precedent derivation
- precedent derivation
Sense 3 verb
prey on or hunt for
These mammals predate certain eggs
Types & categories
- forage hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
establish something as being earlier relative to something else
Types & categories
- chronologize hypernym
Related & opposite
- postdate antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | postdate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | precession |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | precession |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lie |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | predation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | predation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prey |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | forage |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | postdate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | chronologize |