postdate
/poʊstˈdeɪt/
verb
- To write a date on a document (such as a check or letter) that is later than the actual date it is written.
- He accidentally postdated the letter by a whole month, making it look like it was written in the future.
- She decided to postdate the check to next week so she would have time to deposit money.
- The landlord asked me to postdate the rent check to the first of the month.
- To occur or exist later in time than something else; to follow in time.
- Many modern traditions postdate the ancient festival they are based on.
- The invention of the smartphone postdates the invention of the telephone by over a century.
- The discovery of this fossil postdates the extinction event by several million years.
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