postdate
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See also postdaté
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
postdate (third-person singular simple present postdates, present participle postdating, simple past and past participle postdated)
- (transitive) To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time
- (transitive) To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date
Antonyms [edit]
(both senses): predate
Translations [edit]
To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time
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- Italian: postdatare
- Swedish: postdatera
Adjective [edit]
postdate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) postdated; made or done after the date assigned.
- Fuller
- Of these [predictions] some were postdate, cunningly made after the thing came to pass.
- Fuller
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Homophones: postdatent, postdates
Verb [edit]
postdate