antedate

Meaning

Verb

1. To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
2. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date.
3. To find earlier citational evidence for a term.

Noun

1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2. (obsolete) anticipation

Opposite of

postdate, overdate, backdate

Synonyms

predate

forego

precede

antecede

forgo

backdate

foredate

date ahead

come before

lead up

fore-date

anticipate

anticipation

forestall

lead

misdate

pre-date

Translations

antidater

antidatare

antedateren

antedatar

preceder

antedatar

anteceder

antedatar

vordatieren

antidateren

précéder

nachdatieren

retrodatare

postdater

preceder

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæntiˌdeɪt/

Etymology

From ante- + date.