predate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of predate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to predate
Participle: predated
Gerund: predating

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipredate
youpredate
he;she;itpredates
wepredate
youpredate
theypredate

Perfect

Ihave predated
youhave predated
he;she;ithas predated
wehave predated
youhave predated
theyhave predated

Past

Ipredated
youpredated
he;she;itpredated
wepredated
youpredated
theypredated

Pluperfect

Ihad predated
youhad predated
he;she;ithad predated
wehad predated
youhad predated
theyhad predated

Future

Iwill predate
youwill predate
he;she;itwill predate
wewill predate
youwill predate
theywill predate

Future Perfect

Iwill have predated
youwill have predated
he;she;itwill have predated
wewill have predated
youwill have predated
theywill have predated

Subjunctive

Present

Ipredate
youpredate
he;she;itpredate
wepredate
youpredate
theypredate

Perfect

Ihave predated
youhave predated
he;she;ithave predated
wehave predated
youhave predated
theyhave predated

Imperfect

Ipredated
youpredated
he;she;itpredated
wepredated
youpredated
theypredated

Pluperfect

Ihad predated
youhad predated
he;she;ithad predated
wehad predated
youhad predated
theyhad predated

Conditional

Present

Iwould predate
youwould predate
he;she;itwould predate
wewould predate
youwould predate
theywould predate

Perfect

Iwould have predated
youwould have predated
he;she;itwould have predated
wewould have predated
youwould have predated
theywould have predated

Imperative

youpredate
weLet's predate
youpredate

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam predating
youare predating
he;she;itis predating
weare predating
youare predating
theyare predating

Perfect

Ihave been predating
youhave been predating
he;she;ithas been predating
wehave been predating
youhave been predating
theyhave been predating

Past

Iwas predating
youwere predating
he;she;itwas predating
wewere predating
youwere predating
theywere predating

Pluperfect

Ihad been predating
youhad been predating
he;she;ithad been predating
wehad been predating
youhad been predating
theyhad been predating

Future

Iwill be predating
youwill be predating
he;she;itwill be predating
wewill be predating
youwill be predating
theywill be predating

Future Perfect

Iwill have been predating
youwill have been predating
he;she;itwill have been predating
wewill have been predating
youwill have been predating
theywill have been predating

Conditional

Present

Iwould be predating
youwould be predating
he;she;itwould be predating
wewould be predating
youwould be predating
theywould be predating

Perfect

Iwould have been predating
youwould have been predating
he;she;itwould have been predating
wewould have been predating
youwould have been predating
theywould have been predating

Other

Verbs similar to 'predate'

pre-date, prelate, redate, create, cremate, depredate, foredate, gradate, prate, preace,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

occur before an event or time
antedate
to designate a date earlier
backdate
predate
antecede, precede
to exist or to occur before something else
antedate
to assign a date earlier than the actual or proper period
antedate, backdate, foredate

Antonyms

to exist later on in time
postdate
to designate a date earlier
overdate
to exist or to occur before something else
postdate

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *per-
3. Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-i
5. Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
6. Proto-Italic *prai
7. Proto-Italic *prai-
8. Latin prae-lbor.
9. Middle English pre-
10. English pre-
11. English date
12. English predate
13. From pre- + date.

Verbs referencing "predate"

Dutch prederen.

Sample Sentences

  • The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.
  • "The Tees Valley has ageing diesel trains that predate any form of emission control. [2020 May 20, Paul Clifton, “A hydrogen solution to decarbonisation?”, in Rail, page 54:]