different between postdate vs antedate

English

Alternative forms

• post-date

Etymology

post- +? date

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??st?de?t/

Verb

postdate (third-person singular simple present postdates, present participle postdating, simple 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

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

Translations

Adjective

postdate (not comparable)

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

Noun

postdate (plural postdates)

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

Anagrams

• adoptest, despotat, spot date

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: postdatent, postdates

Verb

postdate

1. first-person singular present indicative of postdater
2. third-person singular present indicative of postdater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of postdater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of postdater
5. second-person singular imperative of postdater

English

Etymology

ante- +? date

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ænti?de?t/

Verb

antedate (third-person singular simple present antedates, present participle antedating, simple past and past participle antedated)

1. To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
   • 2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th ed., Springer 2010, p.?311

     Actually, mathematical models of multi-sector growth models antedate the Harrod-Domar and Solow-Swan aggregate models.

2. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate.
3. (lexicography) To find earlier citational evidence for a term.

Synonyms

• (occur before an event or time): predate; see also Thesaurus:predate
• (earlier than the actual date): backdate, foredate; see also Thesaurus:backdate

Antonyms

• (occur before an event or time): postdate
• (earlier than the actual date): postdate, overdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate

Translations

Noun

antedate

1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2. (obsolete) anticipation

Spanish

Verb

antedate

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of antedatar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of antedatar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of antedatar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of antedatar.