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dated back

dated back is the simple past and past participle of date back.

Meaning of date back

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.

Questions about dated back

What is dated back the simple past and past participle of?
Dated back is the simple past and past participle of date back.

Words near dated back in the dictionary

  1. dateaversaries
  2. dateaversary
  3. datebook
  4. datebooks
  5. dated
  6. dated back
  7. dated out
  8. dated up
  9. datedly
  10. datedness
  11. datednesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dated back (page history and authors); date back (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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