different between predate vs antedate

English

Etymology 1

From pre- +? date

Alternative forms

• pre-date

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i??de?t/, /?p?i??de?t/

Verb

predate (third-person singular simple present predates, present participle predating, simple past and past participle predated)

1. 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".)
2. (transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.

Synonyms

• (to designate a date earlier): antedate, backdate, foredate; see also Thesaurus:backdate
• (to occur before something else): antedate; see also Thesaurus:predate

Antonyms

• (to designate a date earlier): overdate, postdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate
• (to occur before something else): postdate

Translations

Noun

predate (plural predates)

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

Etymology 2

Back-formation from predation or predator.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???de?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???de?t/

Verb

predate (third-person singular simple present predates, present participle predating, simple past and past participle predated)

1. To prey upon something.

Synonyms

• (to prey upon): prey

Related terms

• predation
• depredation
• predator

Translations

References

• predate at OneLook Dictionary Search
• predate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• adepter, pad-tree, readept, red tape, redtape, retaped, tapered

Italian

Verb

predate

1. second-person plural present indicative of predare
2. second-person plural imperative of predare
3. feminine plural of predato

English

Etymology

ante- +? date

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ænti?de?t/

Verb

antedate (third-person singular simple present antedates, present participle antedating, simple past and past participle antedated)

1. To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
   • 2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th ed., Springer 2010, p.?311

     Actually, mathematical models of multi-sector growth models antedate the Harrod-Domar and Solow-Swan aggregate models.

2. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate.
3. (lexicography) To find earlier citational evidence for a term.

Synonyms

• (occur before an event or time): predate; see also Thesaurus:predate
• (earlier than the actual date): backdate, foredate; see also Thesaurus:backdate

Antonyms

• (occur before an event or time): postdate
• (earlier than the actual date): postdate, overdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate

Translations

Noun

antedate

1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2. (obsolete) anticipation

Spanish

Verb

antedate

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of antedatar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of antedatar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of antedatar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of antedatar.