1. pre-date - Noun
2. pre-date - Verb
pre-date (third-person singular simple present pre-dates, present participle pre-dating, simple past and past participle pre-dated)
Alternative form of predate
pre-date (plural pre-dates)
Alternative form of predate
A few of these people pre-date the invention of the digital computer; they are now regarded as computer scientists because their work can be seen as leading to the invention of the computer. Source: Internet
Alternative hypotheses The hypothesized existence of an RNA world does not exclude a "Pre-RNA world", where a metabolic system based on a different nucleic acid is proposed to pre-date RNA. Source: Internet
It has long been suggested that they pre-date the arrival of European chickens brought by the Spanish and are evidence of pre-Columbian trans-Pacific contacts between Asian or Pacific Oceanic peoples, particularly the Polynesians, and South America. Source: Internet
But if you think this is a new development, we have some news for you: electric outboards actually pre-date those fueled by liquefied fossils. Source: Internet
Not many people know that Hot Cross Buns actually pre-date the arrival of Christianity in the United Kingdom - the cross originally representing the pagan sun wheel not the Easter crucifixion. Source: Internet
Minister of Power Babatunde Fashola says he is working with government colleagues, the president’s office and the central bank to resolve the problem of unpaid bills, some of which pre-date privatisation. Source: Internet