postdate

See also: postdaté

English

Alternative forms

• post-date

Etymology

From post- +‎ date.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (UK, noun) /ˈpəʊstˌdeɪt/
• IPA^(key): (UK, verb) /ˌpəʊstˈdeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (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.

   • 2023 January, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue‎^[1], page 10:

     For example, the FAQ page comments that ‘the term “incel” is an abbreviated version and sniglonym of the term “involuntary celibacy,” whose usage reaches back at least to the 18th century.”’ The term ‘sniglonym’ is itself an example of deploying verbose language. The word refers to a term whose date of coinage postdates the pre-existing concept or object it defines.

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

   no postdated checks [sign in a retail store]

   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

• (antonym(s) of “to exist later on in time”): predate; see also Thesaurus:predate
• (antonym(s) of “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

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Homophones: postdatent, postdates

Verb

postdate

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