Predation Meaning
/prəˈdeɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe preying of one animal on others.
nounThe action of attacking or plundering.
Sentence Examples
The study explores the pressure of predation on the local birds.
Predation is a natural and essential part of the ecosystem.
The research team studied owl predation on local mice.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of small fish by larger ones is common in the ocean.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The study examined the effects of ____ on the population dynamics of small mammals in the forest.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin praedātiō, praedātiōnis, from praedor (“pillage, plunder”), from praeda (“plunder, spoils”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…]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."
— a. 1547, Edward Hall, “The XVII Yere”, in King Henry the VIII, volume II, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, published 1904, page 48:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of small fish by larger ones is common in the ocean.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The study examined the effects of ____ on the population dynamics of small mammals in the forest.