Meaning & use
Predecease
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To die before another person.
See it in a sentence
His first wife predeceased him by nearly twenty years.
The will specified what would happen if a beneficiary predeceased the testator.
A note on using this word
Common in legal and formal documents, especially wills, where it clarifies the order of deaths.
Words with an opposite meaning
survive
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