postdates
|post-date|
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/poʊstˈdeɪt/
🇬🇧
/pəʊstˈdeɪt/
(postdate)
date after
Etymology
'postdate' originates from Latin prefix 'post-' meaning 'after' combined with English 'date' (from Latin 'data', past participle of 'dare' meaning 'to give').
'postdate' was formed in English by combining the prefix 'post-' with the noun 'date' (from Old French/Latin). The compound appears in English usage in the 19th century to mean assigning a later date.
Initially it referred specifically to assigning a later calendar date to a document; over time it also came to be used more broadly to mean 'to occur later than' or 'to follow in time.'
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
plural of 'postdate': instances of a date assigned later than the actual date (rare usage).
Several postdates on the contracts were corrected before signing.
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Verb 1
third-person singular present of 'postdate': to assign a date to (a document, check, etc.) that is later than the actual date.
She postdates the checks so they won't be cashed until next month.
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