antedate

ˈæntɪˌdeɪt

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Definition of antedate - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

timeexist before a specific time or event

Dinosaurs antedate humans by millions of years.

precede

preexist

historical datingdate something earlier than the actual date

The document was antedated to make it appear old..

anticipate

precede

predate

lexicography

TECH.

find earlier evidence of a term

TECH.

Researchers antedated the word's first use by a century.

foredate

precede

predate

Noun

timeearlier date than another

The antedate of the letter was surprising.

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Origin of antedate

Latin, ante (before) + datum (given)

Examples of antedate in a sentence

The ruins antedate the medieval period.
They tried to antedate the contract to last year.
The letter was antedated to avoid penalties.
They managed to antedate the term by several decades.
Linguists often try to antedate words in historical texts.
The document had an antedate of 1900.

An antedate on the contract raised questions.

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French:antidater, date antérieure, ...
German:vorausgehen, früheres Datum, ...
Italian:precedere, data anteriore, ...
Spanish:anteceder, fecha anterior, ...
Portuguese:anteceder, data anterior, ...
Chinese:先于, 较早日期, ...
Japanese:先行する, 前日付, ...
Arabic:سَبَقَ, تارِيخ سابِق, ...
Hebrew:לִקְדּוֹם לְ, תָּאֲרִיךְ קוֹדֵם, ...
Russian:предшествовать, предшествующая дата, ...
Ukrainian:передувати, більш рання дата, ...
Hindi:पहले अस्तित्व में होना, पहली तारीख, ...
Bengali:অস্তিত্ব থাকা, পূর্ববর্তী তারিখ, ...
Catalan:precedir, data anterior, ...
Czech:předcházet, dřívější datum, ...
Danish:forudgå, fordatering, ...
Dutch:voorafgaan, antedatering, ...
Greek:προϋπάρχω, προγενέστερη ημερομηνία, ...
Hungarian:megelőzni, korábbi dátum, ...
Khmer:មានមុន, កាលបរិច្ឆេទមុន, ...
Korean:존재하다, 앞선 날짜, ...
Persian:وجود داشتند, تاریخ قبلی, ...
Polish:istnieć przed, wcześniejsza data, ...
Portuguese (BR):anteceder, data anterior, ...
Romanian:a preceda, dată anterioară, ...
Swedish:existera före, tidigare datum, ...
Thai:มีอยู่ก่อน, วันที่ก่อนหน้า, ...
Turkish:önce var olmak, önceki tarih, ...
Vietnamese:tồn tại trước, ngày sớm hơn, ...

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