postdate — Englisches Wörterbuch

Verb

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

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

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

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   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.

2. To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   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.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

Adjektiv

1. Postdated; made or done after the date assigned.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable
   • außer Gebrauch

Substantiv

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

Verb

1. be later in time

   Synonyme

   follow

   Antonyme

   predate

   Oberbegriffe

   followcome after

   Beispiele

   Tuesday always follows Monday

2. establish something as being later relative to something else

   Antonyme

   predate

   Oberbegriffe

   chronologizechronologise