different between postdate vs misdate

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

From mis- +? date.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?m?sde?t/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /m?s?de?t/

Noun

misdate (plural misdates)

1. A wrong date.

Verb

misdate (third-person singular simple present misdates, present participle misdating, simple past and past participle misdated)

1. (transitive) To date incorrectly; to mark with the wrong date.

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:misdate

Anagrams

• Mid East, Mideast, amidest, damsite, diastem