postdate

See also: postdaté

English

Etymology

post- +‎ date

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊstˌdeɪt/

Verb

1. (transitive) To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time
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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

To assign an effective date later than the actual date

• Ido: posdatizar
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Welsh: ôlddyddio (cy)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} postdatare
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} postdatera (sv)

Adjective

postdate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) postdated; made or done after the date assigned.
   • (Can we date this quote by Fuller and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Of these [predictions] some were postdate, cunningly made after the thing came to pass.

Noun

postdate (plural postdates)

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

Anagrams

• adoptest, despotat

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: postdatent, postdates

Verb

postdate

1. first-person singular present indicative of postdater
2. third-person singular present indicative of postdater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of postdater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of postdater
5. second-person singular imperative of postdater