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Definition of postdate - 2 dictionary results

post⋅date

  [pohst-deyt, pohst-]
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–verb (used with object), -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.
1. to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
2. to follow in time: His recognition as an artist postdated his death.
Origin:
1615–25; post- + date 1
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post·date   (pōst-dāt', pōst'-)   
tr.v.   post·dat·ed, post·dat·ing, post·dates

  1. To put a date on (a check, for example) that is later than the actual date.

  2. To occur later than; follow in time.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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