predated
past simple and past participle ofpredate
| 单词 | predated |
| 释义 | predated past simple and past participle ofpredate predate verb[T] uk/ˌpriːˈdeɪt/us/ˌpriːˈdeɪt/to haveexistedorhappenedbefore another thing: Thesecavepaintingspredate anyotherswhich areknown. Compare backdate postdate(HAPPEN AFTER) Preceding and introducing
predate verb[IorT] biologyspecializeduk/prɪˈdeɪt/us/prɪˈdeɪt/tokillandeatanotheranimal: Somespeciesofbatpredatesmallmammals. Possums will predateonbabybirdsandeggs. See also predator predation Plants & animals - general words
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Eating Examplesofpredatedpredated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Rural areas had a significantly higher number ofpredatednests than the forest sites. From theCambridge English Corpus Mean abundance of o flowers and fruits per plant and mean number of aborted,predated, and surviving seeds per fruit were estimated. From theCambridge English Corpus The stationary theory, whichpredatedthe finite-horizon one, can be obtained as a limiting case of the above, with some care though. From theCambridge English Corpus Much of this researchpredatedrelated work in statistics and elsewhere. From theCambridge English Corpus Every day,predatedadults (' mummies ') were collected, and the spider was replaced by a new starved one. From theCambridge English Corpus Nests in open-canopy forest were leastpredated(16.7%), with predation in rural areas (58.3%) being higher than in closed-canopy forest (32.8%). From theCambridge English Corpus The fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality are likely to be higher in preeclampsia than in chronic hypertension that haspredatedthe pregnancy. From theCambridge English Corpus Allpredatedplasticine models were collected to identify predators from the marks made. From theCambridge English Corpus Rodentspredatedseeds from 59.3% of the experimental dishes, whereas ants removed seeds from 46% of the dishes, and birds only from 38% of them. From theCambridge English Corpus This corresponded with similar networking activities undertaken in the town planning movement, and evenpredatedthe internationalization of other public services, notably policing. From theCambridge English Corpus Both squirrel species, in contrast,predatedthe seeds of ripe and unripe fruits. From theCambridge English Corpus As the middle-class and suburban populations expanded, they assimilated aspects of gardening and botanical traditions thatpredatedthem. From theCambridge English Corpus None of the birds everpredatedthe seeds, however, both species of squirrel rarely dropped the fruits without predating the seeds. From theCambridge English Corpus In most of the other places the migration of bakerspredatedthe nineteenth century. From theCambridge English Corpus In the wine sector, for example, the delegation of some public functions to producer groupspredatedthe agricultural depression of the 1920s and 1930s. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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