postdateverb [ T ]
uk/ˌpəʊstˈdeɪt//ˈpəʊst.deɪt/us/ˌpoʊstˈdeɪt/postdate verb [ T ] (HAPPEN AFTER)
to happen or exist after something:
Most manuscripts postdate the stories that have circulated by word of mouth for centuries.
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backdate
predate
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Occurring and happening
- afoot
- assail
- asynchronous
- attendant
- be at work idiom
- become
- come
- come up
- concur
- event
- go ahead
- go down
- go hand in hand with sth idiom
- go together
- go with sth
- hand
- happen
- intervene
- materialize
- underway
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postdate verb [ T ] (WRITE DATE)
to write a date on a document, such as a cheque or letter, that is later than the date on which you are writing it, usually to get some advantage:
Luckily, she let me postdate the cheque until the end of the month when I get paid.
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Early
- be up with the lark idiom
- belated
- better
- better late than never idiom
- early
- early bird
- first
- good
- ill-timed
- in good time idiom
- lark
- mistime
- premature
- prepone
- pumpkin
- schedule
- short
- the early bird catches the worm idiom
- turn into a pumpkin idiom