Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to postdate
Participle: postdated
Gerund: postdating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | postdate |
| you | postdate |
| he;she;it | postdates |
| we | postdate |
| you | postdate |
| they | postdate |
Perfect
| I | have postdated |
| you | have postdated |
| he;she;it | has postdated |
| we | have postdated |
| you | have postdated |
| they | have postdated |
Past
| I | postdated |
| you | postdated |
| he;she;it | postdated |
| we | postdated |
| you | postdated |
| they | postdated |
Pluperfect
| I | had postdated |
| you | had postdated |
| he;she;it | had postdated |
| we | had postdated |
| you | had postdated |
| they | had postdated |
Future
| I | will postdate |
| you | will postdate |
| he;she;it | will postdate |
| we | will postdate |
| you | will postdate |
| they | will postdate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have postdated |
| you | will have postdated |
| he;she;it | will have postdated |
| we | will have postdated |
| you | will have postdated |
| they | will have postdated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | postdate |
| you | postdate |
| he;she;it | postdate |
| we | postdate |
| you | postdate |
| they | postdate |
Perfect
| I | have postdated |
| you | have postdated |
| he;she;it | have postdated |
| we | have postdated |
| you | have postdated |
| they | have postdated |
Imperfect
| I | postdated |
| you | postdated |
| he;she;it | postdated |
| we | postdated |
| you | postdated |
| they | postdated |
Pluperfect
| I | had postdated |
| you | had postdated |
| he;she;it | had postdated |
| we | had postdated |
| you | had postdated |
| they | had postdated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would postdate |
| you | would postdate |
| he;she;it | would postdate |
| we | would postdate |
| you | would postdate |
| they | would postdate |
Perfect
| I | would have postdated |
| you | would have postdated |
| he;she;it | would have postdated |
| we | would have postdated |
| you | would have postdated |
| they | would have postdated |
Imperative
| you | postdate |
| we | Let's postdate |
| you | postdate |
Verbs conjugated like 'postdate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'postdate'
apostate,
outdate,
postdilate,
postulate,
prostrate,
aestuate,
æstuate,
apostemate,
castrate,
constate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to assign a date later than the actual date
- overdate
- to assign a date later than the actual or proper period
- overdate
Antonyms
- to exist later on in time
- predate
- to assign a date later than the actual date
- backdate
- to exist or to occur before something else
- predate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *pós
3. Proto-Indo-European *-ti
4. Proto-Indo-European *pósti
5. Proto-Italic *posti
6. Old Latin poste
7. Latin post
8. English post-
9. English date
10. English postdate
11. From post- + date.
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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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. [2023 January 26, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 10:]
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no postdated checks [sign in a retail store]
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to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made