Standard Lemma guide

postdate

adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpəʊstˌdeɪt/
  • UK: /ˌpəʊstˈdeɪt/
  • CMU ARPABET: P OW2 S T D EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Postdated; made or done after the date assigned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A date on a document later than the real date on which it was written.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • no postdated checks [sign in a retail store]
  • to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To affix a date to after the event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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6

verb

Meaning 6

establish something as being later relative to something else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: predate

Broader terms: chronologize, chronologise

7

verb

Meaning 7

be later in time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Tuesday always follows Monday

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: follow

Antonyms: predate

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English date English postdate From post- + date.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ido: posdatizar — To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time
  • Ido: posdatizar — To assign an effective date later than the actual date
  • Welsh: ôlddyddio — To assign an effective date later than the actual date