Predate
verb
To happen or exist earlier in history than something else.
The church predates the cathedral by several centuries.
Often appears as...
- predate the event
- predate the formation
verb
To kill and eat another animal.
Many birds predate insects.
Often appears as...
- birds predate insects
- species predate prey
verb
To happen or exist earlier in history than something else.
The church predates the cathedral by several centuries.
Often appears as...
- predate the event
- predate the formation
verb
To kill and eat another animal.
Many birds predate insects.
Often appears as...
- birds predate insects
- species predate prey
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Sequence
Use 'predate' to discuss the order in which historical events or objects appeared.
The invention of the wheel predates the construction of ancient pyramids.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Prior Art
'Predate' is not used for describing precedents in legal contexts or intellectual property.
While the technique was innovative, it did not predate existing patents.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporal Context
Use 'predate' to clarify time-based relationships without specifying the exact dates or times.
Stone tools predate the Bronze Age by millennia.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Sequence
Use 'predate' to discuss the order in which historical events or objects appeared.
The invention of the wheel predates the construction of ancient pyramids.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Prior Art
'Predate' is not used for describing precedents in legal contexts or intellectual property.
While the technique was innovative, it did not predate existing patents.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporal Context
Use 'predate' to clarify time-based relationships without specifying the exact dates or times.
Stone tools predate the Bronze Age by millennia.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Sequence
Use 'predate' to discuss the order in which historical events or objects appeared.
The invention of the wheel predates the construction of ancient pyramids.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Prior Art
'Predate' is not used for describing precedents in legal contexts or intellectual property.
While the technique was innovative, it did not predate existing patents.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporal Context
Use 'predate' to clarify time-based relationships without specifying the exact dates or times.
Stone tools predate the Bronze Age by millennia.
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Video examples
Filming the Kung Fu...
we always want to tell the truth about the natural world but obviously the truth is an endless story it unfolds and unfolds and unfolds and so we have to make the cut somewhere and in this case we had captured the predation of the young mounted by an older one about having just engaged with our character we did we did debate whether
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Andrea Marshall: Queen...
the very first time the abundance I had a monitored site something has never been attempted before we learned about their natural pressures from predation they're not so natural from us I completed the first ph.d program first deep PhD project on manta rays demonstrating that these animals can and must continue to be studied in
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Paul Nicklen: Emperors...
emperor penguins released millions of micro bubbles around their entire body as they raced to exit the surface and it acted like a lubricant to reduce the friction and the drag around their body so they could increase speed to exit the water to a gain height but more importantly to avoid the predation of
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What are animals...
I call that compassion. Far from being the thing that makes us human, human empathy is far from perfect. We round up empathic creatures, we kill them and we eat them. Now, maybe you say OK, well, those are different species. That's just predation, and humans are predators.
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Killer whale society PIPE...
just about every part of our one world ocean the killer whale is the most broadly distributed mammal in the world apart from us near shore off shore polar or tropical they occupy a singular position in the food web without concern of predation themselves fish seals
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
on the offenders this helps them in order to confuse their predators they also do get rotated sometimes big cats such as the leopard do predate this kind of pairs so you can see they can run very fast look at that so by this time of the year is when the
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Great White Shark Photo...
I mean you could wade in and bump into one of these animals we have a shark coming from the south coming north and we're going to put one of our research decoys in and see if we can observe a predation and what is now about 15 feet
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This weird trick will...
even if it makes it more vulnerable to a rarer one. Many insects, for example, use flight to avoid predation. But painted redstarts take advantage of they boldly flash their colorful tail and wing feathers to elicit this response,
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A Creator-Led Internet,...
There's a problem. One challenge with this future is that our financial infrastructure, particularly the way that we finance our ideas, largely predates the internet. Today, the predominant way that businesses raise money,
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The Secret World of...
size matters in this world so even the nips of the largest dragonflies need look to survive the first few months of their lives when the diminutive saw is exposes them to predation by larger nymphs
Video examples
Filming the Kung Fu...
we always want to tell the truth about the natural world but obviously the truth is an endless story it unfolds and unfolds and unfolds and so we have to make the cut somewhere and in this case we had captured the predation of the young mounted by an older one about having just engaged with our character we did we did debate whether
Video examples
Andrea Marshall: Queen...
the very first time the abundance I had a monitored site something has never been attempted before we learned about their natural pressures from predation they're not so natural from us I completed the first ph.d program first deep PhD project on manta rays demonstrating that these animals can and must continue to be studied in
Video examples
Paul Nicklen: Emperors...
emperor penguins released millions of micro bubbles around their entire body as they raced to exit the surface and it acted like a lubricant to reduce the friction and the drag around their body so they could increase speed to exit the water to a gain height but more importantly to avoid the predation of
Video examples
What are animals...
I call that compassion. Far from being the thing that makes us human, human empathy is far from perfect. We round up empathic creatures, we kill them and we eat them. Now, maybe you say OK, well, those are different species. That's just predation, and humans are predators.
Video examples
Killer whale society PIPE...
just about every part of our one world ocean the killer whale is the most broadly distributed mammal in the world apart from us near shore off shore polar or tropical they occupy a singular position in the food web without concern of predation themselves fish seals
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
on the offenders this helps them in order to confuse their predators they also do get rotated sometimes big cats such as the leopard do predate this kind of pairs so you can see they can run very fast look at that so by this time of the year is when the
Video examples
Great White Shark Photo...
I mean you could wade in and bump into one of these animals we have a shark coming from the south coming north and we're going to put one of our research decoys in and see if we can observe a predation and what is now about 15 feet
Video examples
This weird trick will...
even if it makes it more vulnerable to a rarer one. Many insects, for example, use flight to avoid predation. But painted redstarts take advantage of they boldly flash their colorful tail and wing feathers to elicit this response,
Video examples
A Creator-Led Internet,...
There's a problem. One challenge with this future is that our financial infrastructure, particularly the way that we finance our ideas, largely predates the internet. Today, the predominant way that businesses raise money,
Video examples
The Secret World of...
size matters in this world so even the nips of the largest dragonflies need look to survive the first few months of their lives when the diminutive saw is exposes them to predation by larger nymphs
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
Predation is part of the everyday life of capitalism, in sectors as mainstream as pharmaceuticals, software and oil - where people's money, their data, their time and their attention are routinely taken in fundamentally asymmetrical exchanges.
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Murray Rothbard
American Economist
The State provides a legal, orderly, systematic channel for the predation of private property; it renders certain, secure, and relatively 'peaceful' the lifeline of the parasitic caste in society.
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Sam Mendes
British Director
Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.
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Philip Massinger
English Dramatist
To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
Even in a healthy society, violence, lawlessness, and predation lie just below the surface.
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Laurence Yep
American Writer
The ku-magic is a very ancient magic. It predates Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.
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Mike Fitzpatrick
American Politician
Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem.
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Debbie Harry
American Musician
Lately I've been believing that music predates speech.
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Robert T. Bakker
American Scientist
Feathers predate birds.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
Quote examples
Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
Predation is part of the everyday life of capitalism, in sectors as mainstream as pharmaceuticals, software and oil - where people's money, their data, their time and their attention are routinely taken in fundamentally asymmetrical exchanges.
Quote examples
Murray Rothbard
American Economist
The State provides a legal, orderly, systematic channel for the predation of private property; it renders certain, secure, and relatively 'peaceful' the lifeline of the parasitic caste in society.
Quote examples
Sam Mendes
British Director
Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.
Quote examples
Philip Massinger
English Dramatist
To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.
Quote examples
William Barr
American Public Servant
Even in a healthy society, violence, lawlessness, and predation lie just below the surface.
Quote examples
Laurence Yep
American Writer
The ku-magic is a very ancient magic. It predates Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.
Quote examples
Mike Fitzpatrick
American Politician
Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem.
Quote examples
Debbie Harry
American Musician
Lately I've been believing that music predates speech.
Quote examples
Robert T. Bakker
American Scientist
Feathers predate birds.
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