Predate vs X - What's the difference?
predate | x |
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 exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.)
A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
To prey upon something.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
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As a verb predate
is 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") or predate can be to prey upon something.As a noun predate
is a publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.predate
English
Etymology 1
From pre- 'before' + dateVerb
- The Japanese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.