"antedate" meaning in English

See antedate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈæntiˌdeɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-antedate.wav
Etymology: From ante- + date. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ante|date}} ante- + date Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} antedate
  1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
    Sense id: en-antedate-en-noun-4uXKO1C6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ante-, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 7 21 30 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ante-: 23 13 23 15 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 5 30 19 26
  2. (obsolete) anticipation Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-antedate-en-noun-JN~Bbwym Categories (other): English terms prefixed with ante- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ante-: 23 13 23 15 26

Verb

IPA: /ˈæntiˌdeɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-antedate.wav Forms: antedates [present, singular, third-person], antedating [participle, present], antedated [participle, past], antedated [past]
Etymology: From ante- + date. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ante|date}} ante- + date Head templates: {{en-verb}} antedate (third-person singular simple present antedates, present participle antedating, simple past and past participle antedated)
  1. To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time. Synonyms: predate, predate Translations (To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time): предшествам (predšestvam) (Bulgarian), edeltää (Finnish), предше́ствовать (predšéstvovatʹ) (Russian), передува́ти (pereduváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-antedate-en-verb-NWWsqVAX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ante-, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 7 21 30 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ante-: 23 13 23 15 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 3 11 9 9 26 4 26 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 7 35 18 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 5 30 19 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 8 35 18 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 5 35 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 6 34 19 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 9 37 17 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 17 5 36 20 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 8 33 18 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 5 35 19 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 6 37 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 19 6 33 18 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 6 34 20 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 19 6 33 18 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 18 8 36 18 21 Disambiguation of 'To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time': 97 1 1
  2. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date. Synonyms: backdate, foredate, backdate Translations (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate): поставям по-раншна дата на документ (Bulgarian), antedatovat (Czech), antedateren (Dutch), antidater (French), predatizar (Ido), antydatować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish), antedatować [imperfective, perfective, rare] (Polish), antedatar (Portuguese), pré-datar (Portuguese), дати́ровать задним числом (datírovatʹ zadnim čislom) (Russian), antedatar (Spanish), ôl-ddyddio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-antedate-en-verb-ENWySXKl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ante-, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 7 21 30 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ante-: 23 13 23 15 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 8 24 32 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 5 30 19 26 Disambiguation of 'To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate': 23 69 8
  3. (lexicography) To find earlier citational evidence for a term. Categories (topical): Lexicography
    Sense id: en-antedate-en-verb-0ifdGRo9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ante-, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 7 21 30 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ante-: 23 13 23 15 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 5 30 19 26 Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antedatable, antedater

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1931, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, chapter 2, in The Whisperer in Darkness:",
          "text": "I suppose you know all about the fearful myths antedating the coming of man to the earth—the Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu cycles—which are hinted at in the Necronomicon.",
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          "ref": "2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th edition, Springer, page 311:",
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          "ref": "2024, Jeremy Bay Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, Cambridge University Press, page 281:",
          "text": "Dimensional analysis is a serious business in the natural sciences, where what you're measuring actually exists […]; and it even has a theorem that goes with it (Buckingham's #x5C;pi theorem, which like any good mathematical theorem with a name attached, apparently antedates Buckingham).",
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          "roman": "datírovatʹ zadnim čislom",
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          "text": "Furthermore, while OED entries are generally regarded as a good indication of when terms were first used in English, for 5 of the 7 terms the present research has been able to antedate OED’s earliest attestations, usually by a decade or more.",
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1931, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, chapter 2, in The Whisperer in Darkness:",
          "text": "I suppose you know all about the fearful myths antedating the coming of man to the earth—the Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu cycles—which are hinted at in the Necronomicon.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, People v. Calio, 42 Cal.3d 639,644:",
          "text": "We therefore turn to the question whether defendant's prior convictions for burglary and attempted burglary could be used as the basis for an enhancement under [California Penal Code] sections 667 and 1192.7. Both prior convictions antedate the effective date of section 667.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th edition, Springer, page 311:",
          "text": "Actually, mathematical models of multi-sector growth models antedate the Harrod-Domar and Solow-Swan aggregate models.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024, Jeremy Bay Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, Cambridge University Press, page 281:",
          "text": "Dimensional analysis is a serious business in the natural sciences, where what you're measuring actually exists […]; and it even has a theorem that goes with it (Buckingham's #x5C;pi theorem, which like any good mathematical theorem with a name attached, apparently antedates Buckingham).",
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      "glosses": [
        "To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time."
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        {
          "word": "predate"
        },
        {
          "word": "predate"
        }
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    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "postdate"
        },
        {
          "word": "overdate"
        },
        {
          "word": "overdate"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
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        {
          "ref": "1633, John Donne, Woman's Constancy:",
          "text": "Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say? / Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "backdate"
        },
        {
          "word": "foredate"
        },
        {
          "word": "backdate"
        }
      ]
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          "ref": "2017 January, James Lambert, “A multitude of “lishes”: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, volume 38, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Furthermore, while OED entries are generally regarded as a good indication of when terms were first used in English, for 5 of the 7 terms the present research has been able to antedate OED’s earliest attestations, usually by a decade or more.",
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        "To find earlier citational evidence for a term."
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          "citational",
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        "(lexicography) To find earlier citational evidence for a term."
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        "human-sciences",
        "lexicography",
        "linguistics",
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      "ipa": "/ˈæntiˌdeɪt/",
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        "UK"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predšestvam",
      "sense": "To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time",
      "word": "предшествам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time",
      "word": "edeltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predšéstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time",
      "word": "предше́ствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereduváty",
      "sense": "To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "передува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "word": "поставям по-раншна дата на документ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "word": "antedatovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "word": "antedateren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "word": "antidater"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "word": "predatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "antydatować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "antedatować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "word": "antedatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "word": "pré-datar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "datírovatʹ zadnim čislom",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "word": "дати́ровать задним числом"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "word": "antedatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate",
      "word": "ôl-ddyddio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "antedate"
}

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    "Requests for review of Serbo-Croatian translations",
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anticipation"
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        "(obsolete) anticipation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæntiˌdeɪt/",
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        "UK"
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}

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