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back·date
/
ˈbækˌdeɪt
/
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bak
-deyt
]
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verb (used with object),
back·dat·ed,
back·dat·ing.
to
date
earlier than the actual
date
; predate; antedate:
Backdate the letter so he'll think I wrote it last week.
Origin:
1945–50,
Americanism;
back
2
+
date
1
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backdate
(ˌbækˈdeɪt)
—
vb
(
tr
) to make effective from an earlier date:
the pay rise was backdated to August
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
backdate
1946, from
back
(adj.) +
date
. Cf.
antedate
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
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backdate
transactions received in those months up to the issuance of the adjusted reports.
Correlates with today's date,
backdate
reason, and liable state.
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