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单词 postdate
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postdate

[ pohst-deyt, pohst- ]
/ poʊstˈdeɪt, ˈpoʊst- /
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verb (used with object), post·dat·ed, post·dat·ing.

to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
to follow in time: His recognition as an artist postdated his death.

Origin of postdate

First recorded in 1615–25; post- + date1

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH postdate

antedate, predate, postdate

Words nearby postdate

postcordial, postcostal anastomosis, postcranial, postcubital, post-cyclic, postdate, postdeterminer, postdiluvian, postdoc, postdoctoral, postductal
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Example sentences from the Web for postdate

  • As she noted, there have been no other known incidents of alleged sexual misconduct by Cosby that postdate the 2005 lawsuit.

    Here’s What She’d Tell Bill Cosby Today|Dean Obeidallah|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for postdate

postdate
/ (pəʊstˈdeɪt) /

verb (tr)

to write a future date on (a document), as on a cheque to prevent it being paid until then
to assign a date to (an event, period, etc) that is later than its previously assigned date of occurrence
to be or occur at a later date than
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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