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to postdate

to postdate

1 6.0
To happen later than something else in time
  • verb
  • /ˈpoʊstˌdeɪt/
translation icon : posterior
  • The radiocarbon date (shown in Table II, sample 1) squares closely with this sequence, and the two terraces at D17 and D18 postdate the early phase of the Late Classic period (Figure 4).

Examples

  • The tracking polls that were released on Wednesday contained only one full day of interviews that postdated the Florida debate.

    Blog text (17)

  • All rocks, therefore, postdate this early liquefaction.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Almost all of its interviews postdated the Denver debate.

    Blog text (16)

  • Interpretation of children's subtest patterns generally postdates that for adults.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Yet this discourse and its theoretical reflections postdated Michelangelo's cartoon by several decades.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Though the facts were similar, a key difference between Calvin and the Davidson litigation is that the Davidson decisions postdated Evenwel.

    Academic text (2017)

  • If we are right in postulating Gianfrancesco's stewardship of the project, it must postdate 1523, the date Strix was published, and predate 1533.

    Academic text (1999)

  • PHOTO (COLOR): Archaeologists excavated mass-produced toys, such as this torso from a Lego figure and a teddy bear eye, that postdate the 1960s.

    Academic text (2010)

  • If the introduction of a supplementary weft float postdated the use of two pairs of heddles, it may also have happened in one of the different Ewe and Asante weaving centers where both pairs were already in use.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The new regulations will postdate the previous guidelines, making them obsolete.

Synonyms

to follow
vsto postdate
∞ 1.0

To come after something in time or order

is only about occurring later in time, not general order or position

Antonyms

to predate
41 5.8

To exist or happen before another thing

Surface Forms

postdate infinitive
postdated past
postdated past participle
postdating present participle
postdates third person singular

Morphology

postdate = date (transparent) = post + date

The meaning 'occur later than' is readily derived from the productive prefix 'post-' (after) plus 'date' (time), so learners can infer the sense.

Etymology

The word postdate comes from the prefix post- meaning 'after' and the word date meaning 'day' or 'time'. So, to postdate something is for it to occur or exist later than another thing.