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downdated

downdated is the simple past and past participle of downdate.

Meaning of downdate

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.

Questions about downdated

What is downdated the simple past and past participle of?
Downdated is the simple past and past participle of downdate.

Words near downdated in the dictionary

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

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