(~s, predating, ~d)
If you say that one thing ~d another, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing.
His troubles ~d the recession...
VERB: V n
(~s, predating, ~d)
If you say that one thing ~d another, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing.
His troubles ~d the recession...
VERB: V n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012