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predate

 
 
/ˌpriːˈdeɪt/ verb [T]

Translation

to exist or happen before something else
önceden olan; önceleri varolan
The drinking of alcohol predates the Greeks and Romans.1554
(Definition of predate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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