foredate

fɔrˈdeɪt

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Definition of foredate - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

historical analysis

Rare

establish as occurring earlier than something else

Rare

The artifact was foredated to the 5th century.

antedate

precede

preexist

date in advance

Rare

assign a date before the actual occurrence

Rare

The letter was foredated to last week.

antedate

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Origin of foredate

English, fore (before) + date (time)

Examples of foredate in a sentence

Historians foredated the manuscript to the medieval period.
The contract was foredated to avoid penalties.
She foredated the memo to align with the project timeline.

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French:antidater, dater avant, ...
German:vordatieren, antidatieren, ...
Italian:retrodatare, antidatate, ...
Spanish:antedatar, fechar anticipadamente, ...
Portuguese:antecipar, pré-datar, ...
Chinese:追溯, 提前, ...
Japanese:遡る, 日付を前倒しする, ...
Arabic:سَبَقَ زَمَنِيًّا, سَبَقَ بالتاريخ, ...
Hebrew:לְקַבֵּעַ תַּאֲרִיךְ קוֹדֵם, לְשַׁנּוֹת תַּאֲרִיךְ, ...
Russian:датировать, предатировать, ...
Ukrainian:датувати раніше, датувати наперед, ...
Hindi:पहले का मानना, पहले की तारीख देना, ...
Bengali:আগে ঘটেছে বলে প্রতিষ্ঠিত করা, আগের তারিখে নির্ধারণ করা, ...
Catalan:datat anteriorment, antidatar, ...
Czech:datovat dříve, antedatovat, ...
Danish:dateret tilbage, datere i forvejen, ...
Dutch:antidateren, vooruit dateren, ...
Greek:χρονολογώ νωρίτερα, χρονολογώ εκ των προτέρων, ...
Hungarian:korábbra datálni, visszadátumozni, ...
Khmer:កំណត់ថាមានកាលបរិច្ឆេទមុន, ដាក់កាលបរិច្ឆេទមុនថ្ងៃកើតហេតុ, ...
Korean:소급하다, 날짜를 조정하다, ...
Persian:پیش‌تاریخ شد, پیش‌تاریخ کرد, ...
Polish:datować, antydatować, ...
Portuguese (BR):antecipar, pré-datar, ...
Romanian:a data anterior, a antidata, ...
Swedish:datera tidigare, sätta datum i förväg, ...
Thai:กำหนดอายุ, ลงวันที่ล่วงหน้า, ...
Turkish:tarihlendirmek, önceden tarih atamak, ...
Vietnamese:xác định có niên đại, đề ngày trước, ...

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