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to outdate

to outdate

5.6
To be older than another thing in time
  • verb
  • /ˌaʊtˈdeɪt/
translation icon : preceder
  • Artifacts found at the site outdate the known history of the region.

Examples

  • My love for historical miniatures outdates my love for sci-fi and fantasy minis, and as such, will always be the mainstream of my hobby efforts.

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  • The ancient ruins outdate most of the buildings in the city.

  • This tradition outdates the founding of the university by several centuries.

Synonyms

to predate
vsto outdate
41 5.8

To exist or happen before another thing

is being older than something else rather than occurring earlier
to antedate
vsto outdate
1 8.7

To happen before another event or to put an earlier date on something

focuses on being older rather than on assigning earlier dates
to foredate
vsto outdate
  • Formal
9.1

Put an earlier day on a document than its real one

means being older rather than deliberately changing recorded dates

Antonyms

to postdate
1 6.5

To say that something happened after another event

Surface Forms

outdate infinitive
outdated past
outdated past participle
outdating present participle
outdates third person singular

Morphology

outdate = date (transparent) = out + date

Productive prefixation with out- (meaning 'surpass/exceed in time') on the verb 'date' yields the sense 'be older than'.

Etymology

Outdate comes from the parts out- meaning 'beyond' or 'more than', and date meaning a 'time' or 'day' on a calendar, so it originally meant to be 'beyond the date' of something. That's why if ruins outdate a castle, the ruins are from an earlier time and are older than the castle.