Dictionary

postdate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English date English postdate From post- + date.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Postdated; made or done after the date assigned.

Forms

postdate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpəʊstˌdeɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English date English postdate From post- + date.

Meanings

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

Forms

postdate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌpəʊstˈdeɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English date English postdate From post- + date.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time.
   • 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. 2023 January 14, 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, page 10:
   • Because these prophecies of Isaiah postdate the fall of Babylon (539 B.C.E), they probably refer to that event. 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 37:
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.

Forms

Antonyms

predate (antonym(s) of) · predate (antonym(s) of)

Synonyms

overdate (to assign a date later than the actual date)

Translations (3)

cy ôlddyddio (To assign an effective date later than the actual date) · io posdatizar (To assign an effective date later than the actual date) · io posdatizar (To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time)