Associations to the word «Postdate»

Wiktionary

POSTDATE, verb. (transitive) To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time
POSTDATE, verb. (transitive) To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date
POSTDATE, verb. (transitive) To affix a date to after the event.
POSTDATE, adjective. (obsolete) postdated; made or done after the date assigned.

Dictionary definition

POSTDATE, verb. Be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday".
POSTDATE, verb. Establish something as being later relative to something else.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky