postdate

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈpəʊstˌdeɪt/

Verb

postdate (postdates, present participle postdating; past and past participle postdated)

1. (transitive) To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time
2. (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

3. (transitive) To affix a date to after the event.

Synonyms

• (to assign a date later than the actual date) overdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate

Antonyms

• (to exist later on in time) predate; see also Thesaurus:predate
• (to assign a date later than the actual date) predate; see also Thesaurus:backdate

Adjective

postdate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) postdated; made or done after the date assigned.

   • Of these [predictions] some were postdate, cunningly made after the thing came to pass.

Noun

postdate (plural postdates)

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

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