postdate

See also: postdaté

English

Alternative forms

• post-date

Etymology

post- +‎ date

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊstˌdeɪt/

• Audio (RP)

  (file)

Verb

postdate (third-person singular simple present postdates, present participle postdating, simple past and past participle postdated)

1. (transitive) To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time
   • 2001, David L. Lieber; Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 37:

     Because these prophecies of Isaiah postdate the fall of Babylon (539 B.C.E), they probably refer to that event.

2. (transitive) To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date

   to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made

3. (transitive) To affix a date to after the event.

Synonyms

• (to assign a date later than the actual date): overdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate

Antonyms

• (to exist later on in time): predate; see also Thesaurus:predate
• (to assign a date later than the actual date): predate; see also Thesaurus:backdate

Translations

To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time

• Ido: posdatizar (io)

To assign an effective date later than the actual date

• Ido: posdatizar (io)
• Welsh: ôlddyddio (cy)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} postdatare
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} postdatera (sv)

Adjective

postdate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) postdated; made or done after the date assigned.

Noun

postdate (plural postdates)

1. A date on a document later than the real date on which it was written.

Anagrams

• adoptest, despotat, spot date

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: postdatent, postdates

Verb

postdate

1. inflection of postdater:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative