preexists
Already was there
Preexists means to exist before something else.
A medical condition that preexists a new insurance policy was already present when coverage began.
The verb appears most often in legal and insurance contexts, where timing determines responsibility or coverage: The injury preexists his employment with the company.
The past participle preexisting is far more common than other forms.
Comes before temporally
- antedatesComes before in time
- predatesOccurs earlier than
- priorExisting before another
- earlierAt a prior time
before · anterior · foregoing · preceding · preliminary · antecedent · former · previous
Existing since birth
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- fundamentalForming the base
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
ingrained · built-in · underlying · constitutive · immanent · implicit · a priori · presupposed
Point of creation
- inceptionFounding moment
- sourcePoint of origin
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
foundation · origin · birth · beginning · progenitor · forebear · ancestor · precursor
Before documented civilization
- primordialExisting from the start
- primevalFrom earliest times
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
artifacts · relics · paleontology · archaeology · ancestral · evolution · heritage · geological
precedes
Comes before temporally
earlier · before · anterior · foregoing · preceding · preliminary · antecedent · former · previous · prefatory
innate
Existing since birth
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- fundamentalForming the base
- embeddedSet firmly within something
integral · ingrained · built-in · underlying · constitutive · immanent · implicit · a priori · presupposed · given
genesis
Point of creation
seed · foundation · origin · birth · beginning · progenitor · forebear · ancestor · precursor · forerunner
prehistoric
Before documented civilization
- primordialExisting from the start
- primevalFrom earliest times
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
fossils · artifacts · relics · paleontology · archaeology · ancestral · evolution · heritage · geological · epochs
preexistspostdates
Follows in time
follows · succeeds · comes after · subsequent · ensues
preexistscomes into being
Starts to exist
originates · begins · expires · terminates · ends
- preexisting conditionHealth problem predating insurance
preexist, preexisting, preexistence, preexistent, preexisted