different between postpone vs postdate

English

Etymology

From Latin postp?n? (“I put after; I postpone”) from post (“after”) + p?n? (“I put; I place”), compare forestall.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /po?st?po?n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Verb

postpone (third-person singular simple present postpones, present participle postponing, simple past and past participle postponed)

1. To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.

   Synonyms: defer, delay, forestay, procrastinate, put off, put on ice, stay, suspend, posticipate

   Antonyms: advance, hasten, prepone (India), antedate, bring forward, expedite

Coordinate terms

• adjourn

Translations

Latin

Verb

postp?ne

1. second-person singular present active imperative of postp?n?

Spanish

Verb

postpone

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of postponer.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of postponer.

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