postdate

See also: postdaté

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊstˌdeɪt/

Verb

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
to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made
(transitive) To affix a date to after the event.

Antonyms

(both senses): predate

Translations

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

Ido: posdatizar

To assign an effective date later than the actual date

Ido: posdatizar

Welsh: ôlddyddio (cy)

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} postdatare

Swedish: ^{(please verify)} postdatera (sv)

Adjective

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.

Noun

postdate (plural postdates)

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

Anagrams

adoptest, despotat

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: postdatent, postdates

Verb

postdate

first-person singular present indicative of postdater
third-person singular present indicative of postdater
first-person singular present subjunctive of postdater
first-person singular present subjunctive of postdater
second-person singular imperative of postdater

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