How do you pronounce predation?

The recorded pronunciation is /pɹədˈeɪʃən/.

predation

/pɹədˈeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: pre-da-tion
IPA: /pɹədˈeɪʃən/

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Meaning

noun

The preying of one animal on others.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The action of attacking or plundering.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…]this priest roade in his goune of velvet, with a greate trayne, and was received into every Religion with Procession, as though the legate had bene there, and toke such greate sommes for his visitacion, that the religious sore were greved, and murmured much against it, and in especiall, for they were charged with greate sommes of money to the kyng, and now thys sodayn visitacion or predacion, cleane shaved them."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedātiō, praedātiōnis, from praedor (“pillage, plunder”), from praeda (“plunder, spoils”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: praedatio

Usage

Inflected Forms

predations (plural)

Derived Forms

antipredation hyperpredation kleptopredation macropredation micropredation

Phrases

indirect predation secondary predation

Frequently Paired Words

predator depredation prey predate

Synonyms

depredation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application