Predating

Definition

1. (verb) 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".)
2. (verb) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate. “The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.”
3. (verb) To prey upon something.

Word stats

• Predating contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
• It uses 9 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 3.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 13.

Anagrams

• departing

Words you can build

• departing
• gradient
• tapering
• treading
• darting
• dragnet
• draping
• granite
• granted
• ingrate
• painted
• painter
• partied
• parting
• pertain
• pirated
• prating
• printed
• reading
• reaping
• repaint
• tangier
• tearing
• trading
• trained
• ardent
• danger
• daring
• dating
• depart
• detain
• diaper
• eating
• entrap
• gained
• gaiter
• gander
• garden
• garnet
• girted
• grated
• griped
• pained
• paired
• pander
• panier
• panted
• pantie
• parent
• paring
• parted
• patine
• pedant
• petard
• pinged
• pirate
• prated
• rained
• ranged

Word neighbours

Other 9-letter words

• aardvarks
• abandoned
• abasement
• abatement
• abattoirs
• abdicated
• abdicates
• abdominal
• abductees
• abducting
• abduction
• abductors
• abhorrent
• abhorring
• abilities
• ablatives
• ablutions
• abnegated

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Words starting with PRE

• preach
• preached
• preacher
• preachers
• preaches
• preachier
• preachiest
• preaching
• preachy
• preamble
• preambled
• preambles
• preambling
• prearrange
• prearranged
• prearrangement
• prearranges
• prearranging

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Words ending with ING

• abandoning
• abashing
• abasing
• abating
• abbreviating
• abdicating
• abducting
• abetting
• abhorring
• abiding
• abjuring
• abnegating
• abolishing
• abominating
• aborting
• abounding
• abrading
• abridging

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