| 单词 | antedate |
| 释义 | antedate (once / 9106 pages) v When things antedate something else, they come before it, or happen earlier than it does. World War I antedates World War II. Another way to say antedate is precede or predate. It's common to find the word antedate when people talk about history, for obvious reasons. Papyrus antedates modern paper, and paper antedates the desktop computer, which antedates the smartphone and tablet. Your parents' birth antedates your own, and your great-grandparents' lives antedate both yours and your parents'. In Latin, the prefix ante means "before." WORD FAMILYantedate: antedated, antedates, antedating+/datable: undatable/date: antedate, datable, dateable, dated, dateless, dates, dating, foredate, misdate, postdate, predate/dated: datedly, undated/dateless: datelessly/dating: datings/misdate: misdated, misdates, misdating/postdate: postdated, postdates, postdating/predate: predated, predates, predating USAGE EXAMPLESWhen Selig became acting commissioner in 1992, baseball still had an economic model that antedated television, radio, flight and the internal combustion engine. Washington Post(Jan 28, 2015) These stones antedate even the long-ago, medieval world in which this “Macbeth” is set. New York Times(Jun 05, 2014) Robert Hooke, not long after, suggested that the fossil record would form the basis for a chronology that would “far antedate ... even the very pyramids.” Scientific American(Oct 20, 2013) 1v be earlier in time; go back further Syn|Ant antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate follow, postdate be later in time come after, followcome after in time, as a result 2v establish something as being earlier relative to something else Syn|Ant|Hyper foredate, predate postdate establish something as being later relative to something else chronologise, chronologize establish the order in time of something |
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