postdating
present participle ofpostdate
postdate
verb[T]
uk/ˌpəʊstˈdeɪt//ˈpəʊst.deɪt/us/ˌpoʊstˈdeɪt/postdateverb[T](HAPPEN AFTER)
tohappenorexistafter something:
Mostmanuscriptspostdate thestoriesthat havecirculatedby word ofmouthforcenturies.
Compare
backdate
predate
Occurring and happening
- afoot
- asynchronous
- attendant
- be at workidiom
- become
- eventuate
- fall
- fall into placeidiom
- follow on
- go hand in hand withsomethingidiom
- go off
- go on
- pass
- result
- resynchronize
- roll
- roll around
- shake out
- succeed
- supervene
postdateverb[T](WRITE DATE)
to write adateon adocument, such as achequeorletter, that islaterthan thedateon which you are writing it, usually to get someadvantage:
Luckily, sheletme postdate thechequeuntil the end of themonthwhen I getpaid.
Early
- ahead
- ahead of
- be up with the larkidiom
- belatedly
- better
- better late than neveridiom
- early bird
- first
- get ahead ofyourselfidiom
- good
- ill-timed
- in good timeidiom
- postdate
- premature
- prematurely
- prepone
- pumpkin
- short
- the early bird catches the wormidiom
Examplesofpostdating
postdating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Compared to the abundant use of such items in sitespostdating50,000 this absence is telling.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Biases in the fossil record can be due to features or mechanisms predating orpostdatingthe collecting or during the collection process itself.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are a few scattered houses from around the districtpostdatingthis period.
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- be-get-in-the-groove
- be-get-in-with
- be/get in with sb
- be-get-in-with-sb
- be/get in with someone
- begetter
- be getting on
- be-getting-on
- be getting somewhere
- be-getting-somewhere
- beggar
- beggar belief/description
- beggar-belief-description
- beggared
- beggaring
- beggarly
- beggars can't be choosers
- beggars-can-t-be-choosers
- begged
- begging
- begging bowl
- begin
- beginner
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