postdate
A date on a document later than the real date on which it was written.
Adjective
- Postdated; made or done after the date assigned.
Origin
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.
Forms
Noun
- A date on a document later than the real date on which it was written.
Forms
Verb
- To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time.
- 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:
- 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...
- 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
- To affix a date to after the event.