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postdate

verb
/ˈpəʊstˌdeɪt/UK

Etymology

From post- + date.

  1. derived from דֶּקֶל — “date palm”
  2. derived from دَقَل — “variety of date palm”
  3. derived from δάκτυλος — “finger”
  4. derived from datil
  5. derived from dactylus
  6. derived from date
  7. inherited from date
  8. prefixed as postdate — “post- + date”

Definitions

  1. To occur after an event or time

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

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

  2. 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. To affix a date to after the event.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Postdated

      Postdated; made or done after the date assigned.

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA