antedate
/ˈæntiˌdeɪt/
antedate verb: to occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
Verb
antedate (third-person singular simple present antedates, present participle antedating, simple past and past participle antedated)
- To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
- I suppose you know all about the fearful myths antedating the coming of man to the earth—the Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu cycles—which are hinted at in the Necronomicon.1931, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, chapter 2, in The Whisperer in Darkness
- We therefore turn to the question whether defendant's prior convictions for burglary and attempted burglary could be used as the basis for an enhancement under [California Penal Code] sections 667 and 1192.7. Both prior convictions antedate the effective date of section 667.1986, People v. Calio, 42 Cal.3d 639,644
- Antonyms:
- postdate
- To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date.
- Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say? / Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow?1633, John Donne, Woman's Constancy
- To find earlier citational evidence for a term.
- Furthermore, while OED entries are generally regarded as a good indication of when terms were first used in English, for 5 of the 7 terms the present research has been able to antedate OED’s earliest attestations, usually by a decade or more.2017 January, James Lambert, “A multitude of “lishes”: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, volume 38, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN
Noun
antedate
- Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
- anticipation
antedate meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
antedate in Tamil
- முன் தேதி, முந்துநாள் குறி, மெய்யான தேதிக்கு முற்படத்தேதியீடு, முன்னாட்களுக்குரியதாக்கு, முற்படு, முன்தேதியுடையதாயிரு
antedate in Malayalam
- predate, precede, come before
- മുൻപു സംഭവിക്കുക, മുൻപു വരുക, അകന്നുപോവുക, മുമ്പേ വരുക, മുമ്പേ പോകുക, മുമ്പിൽ പോകുക
antedate in Kannada
- ಹಿಂದಿನ ತಾರೀಕು, ಪೂರ್ವತೇದಿ, ಪೂರ್ವ ದಿನಾಂಕ, ಹಿಂದೂಡು, ಹಿಂದಿನ ತಾರೀಕನ್ನು ಬರೆ, ಪೂರ್ವ ದಿನಾಂಕ ನಮೂದಿಸು
Synonyms of antedate
Antonyms
Forms of antedate
| third-person singular present | antedates |
|---|---|
| present participle | antedating |
| past participle | antedated |
| past | antedated |
Origin of antedate
From ante- + date.
Words formed from antedate
Questions about antedate
- What does antedate mean?
- Antedate means to occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
- What is antedate in Tamil?
- Antedate in Tamil is முன் தேதி, முந்துநாள் குறி, மெய்யான தேதிக்கு முற்படத்தேதியீடு. See Antedate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is antedate?
- Antedate can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce antedate?
- Antedate is pronounced /ˈæntiˌdeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of antedate?
- The past tense of antedate is antedated.
Words near antedate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: antedate (page history and authors); antedate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antedate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); antedate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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