post-dated
|post-dated|
🇺🇸
/poʊstˈdeɪt/
🇬🇧
/pəʊstˈdeɪt/
(post-date)
dated after the current date
Etymology
'post-date' originates from Latin and Old French elements: the prefix 'post-' (Latin 'post') meaning 'after', and 'date' ultimately from Latin 'datum' (via Old French 'date'), where 'datum' meant 'given' or 'a thing given'.
'post-' (Latin) + 'date' (from Old French 'date', from Latin 'datum') combined in English as the compound 'post-date' (or 'postdate') and produced forms such as 'post-dated' for adjectival and verbal past forms.
Initially it literally combined the sense 'after' + 'date' (i.e., a date after the actual date). Over time it came to be used specifically for writing a later date on documents or describing items bearing a future date.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
past tense or past participle form of 'post-date' (to write a later date on something, e.g., a check or document, so it becomes effective at that later date).
They post-dated the contract to delay the payment.
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