preexist (prí-eksist)

verb
/ˌpriːɪɡˈzɪst/
exister au préalable (exister au préalable)

Signification

to exist beforehand or before something else
Traduction de la signification
exister avant ou avant quelque chose d'autre
exister avant ou avant quelque chose d'autre

Phrases d'exemple

These customs preexist the arrival of modern technology.

Ces coutumes existaient avant l'arrivée de la technologie moderne.
Ces coutumes existaient avant l'arrivée de la technologie moderne.

Synonymes

precede, antedate, predate, exist before

Antonymes

follow, succeed

Collocations

preexist in, customs preexist, traditions preexist

Vocabulaires connexes

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to withdraw or renounce a statement or belief formally
to ask for something earnestly; to request humbly
to scold or criticize angrily