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backdates

backdates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backdate.

backdates is the plural of backdate.

Meaning of backdate

Verb

backdate (third-person singular simple present backdates, present participle backdating, simple past and past participle backdated)

  1. To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.

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Questions about backdates

What is backdates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Backdates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backdate.

Words near backdates in the dictionary

  1. backdate
  2. backdated
  3. backdatedly
  4. backdater
  5. backdaters
  6. backdates
  7. backdating
  8. backdatings
  9. backdeep
  10. backdeeps
  11. backdiffusion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backdates (page history and authors); backdate (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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