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date back

date back verb: to have begun at a particular time; for there to be records of something extending to a time in history.

Verb

date back (third-person singular simple present dates back, present participle dating back, simple past and past participle dated back)

  1. To have begun at a particular time; for there to be records of something extending to a time in history.
    • This tradition dates back 1000 years.
    • The fossils date back to the Precambrian eon.

Forms of date back

third-person singular presentdates back
present participledating back
past participledated back
pastdated back

Questions about date back

What does date back mean?
Date back means to have begun at a particular time; for there to be records of something extending to a time in history.
What part of speech is date back?
Date back is a verb.
What is the past tense of date back?
The past tense of date back is dated back.

Words near date back in the dictionary

  1. datcha
  2. datchas
  3. Datchet
  4. Datchworth
  5. date
  6. date back
  7. date bread
  8. date coaching
  9. date fish
  10. Date Line
  11. date me doc

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