predate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pre·date [predate predates predated predating] BrE NAmE (also ante·date) verb ~ sth
to be built or formed, or to happen, at an earlier date than sth else in the past
•Few of the town's fine buildings predate the earthquake of 1755.
Opp: ↑post-date
See also: ↑antedate
Verb forms:

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  antedate, foredate, raven, prey, precede, forego, forgo, antecede
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  postdate, follow