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downdate

downdate verb: to alter, degrade or downgrade to an earlier or worse version, especially when it was intended to update.

Verb

downdate (third-person singular simple present downdates, present participle downdating, simple past and past participle downdated)

  1. To alter, degrade or downgrade to an earlier or worse version, especially when it was intended to update.
  2. To undo an update.
    • I downdated the database to undo the most recent update.
  3. To date earlier.
    • These excavations should be downdated.

Antonyms of downdate

  • [1,2] update

Forms of downdate

third-person singular presentdowndates
present participledowndating
past participledowndated
pastdowndated

Origin of downdate

Blend of down + update, or down- + date.

Questions about downdate

What does downdate mean?
Downdate means to alter, degrade or downgrade to an earlier or worse version, especially when it was intended to update.
What part of speech is downdate?
Downdate is a verb.
What is the past tense of downdate?
The past tense of downdate is downdated.

Words near downdate in the dictionary

  1. downcuttings
  2. downcycle
  3. downcycled
  4. downcycles
  5. downcycling
  6. downdate
  7. downdated
  8. downdates
  9. downdating
  10. Downderry
  11. downdip

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