VERB
（在日期上）早于，先于
If you say that one thing predated another, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing.
例句
His troubles predated the recession...
他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.
这一遗迹在德鲁伊特来到不列颠前就已存在。