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Definition of antedating - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
time assignmentRare the act of giving an earlier date than actualRare
- Antedating of the contract changed the official start date.
2.
lexicographyTECH. an earlier recorded example of a word or phraseTECH.
- The antedating of 'selfie' pushed its origin to 2002.
Adjective
1.
document datingRare relating to assigning an earlier dateRare
- The antedating document caused confusion in the records.
2.
prior dateRare existing or occurring before a specific dateRare
- The antedating document proved the land ownership.
Origin of antedating
Latin, ante (before) + datare (to give)
Examples of antedating in a sentence
Antedating of the letter made it appear the notice was sent weeks earlier. The antedating came from a newly digitized letter in the archive. Her antedating of the slang term relied on an 1890 newspaper citation. The antedating letter was discovered in the archives. An antedating signature was found on the document. The antedating records were crucial for the investigation.
Antedating evidence can change the course of history.
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- French:antidatation, antidaté, ...
- German:Antedatierung, vordatiert, ...
- Italian:predatazione, antecedente, ...
- Spanish:antedatación, antedatado, ...
- Portuguese:antidatação, retroativo, ...
- Chinese:倒签日期, 提前日期的, ...
- Japanese:日付の遡及, 前倒しの, ...
- Arabic:تَأْرِيخ مُسْبَق, مُسَبَّق التَّأْريخ, ...
- Hebrew:תִּיאַרוּךְ מוּקְדָּם, מְתְאָרָךְ מוּקְדָּם, ...
- Russian:антидатирование, антидатированный, ...
- Ukrainian:передатування, антидатований, ...
- Hindi:पूर्वतिथि-निर्धारण, पूर्व-तिथि, ...
Definition of antedate - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
timeexist before a specific time or event
- Dinosaurs antedate humans by millions of years.
2.
historical datingdate something earlier than the actual date
- The document was antedated to make it appear old..
3.
lexicographyTECH. find earlier evidence of a termTECH.
- Researchers antedated the word's first use by a century.
Noun
timeearlier date than another
- The antedate of the letter was surprising.
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, ...
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