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postdatepostdate /ˌpoʊstˈdeɪt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEpostdate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | postdate | | he, she, it | postdates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | postdated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have postdated | | he, she, it | has postdated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had postdated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will postdate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have postdated |
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| Present | I | am postdating | | he, she, it | is postdating | | you, we, they | are postdating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was postdating | | you, we, they | were postdating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been postdating | | he, she, it | has been postdating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been postdating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be postdating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been postdating |
1to write a check with a date that is later than the actual date so that it cannot be used or become effective until that time → backdate2to happen, live, or be made later in history than something else: The painting postdates the Renaissance period. → see also antedate, predate |