postdateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From post- +‎ date.

発音

• (noun) (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpəʊstˌdeɪt/
• (verb) (英国発音) IPA: /ˌpəʊstˈdeɪt/

動詞

postdate (third-person singular simple present postdates, present participle postdating, simple past and past participle postdated)

1. (transitive) To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time.
   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 37:

     Because these prophecies of Isaiah postdate the fall of Babylon (539 B.C.E), they probably refer to that event.

   • 2023 January, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue‎, page 10:

     For example, the FAQ page comments that ‘the term “incel” is an abbreviated version and sniglonym of the term “involuntary celibacy,” whose usage reaches back at least to the 18th century.”’ The term ‘sniglonym’ is itself an example of deploying verbose language. The word refers to a term whose date of coinage postdates the pre-existing concept or object it defines.

2. (transitive) To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date.

   to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made

3. (transitive) To affix a date to after the event.

同意語

• (to assign a date later than the actual date): overdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “to exist later on in time”): predate; see also Thesaurus:predate
• (antonym(s) of “to assign a date later than the actual date”): predate; see also Thesaurus:backdate

形容詞

postdate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Postdated; made or done after the date assigned.

名詞

postdate (plural postdates)

1. A date on a document later than the real date on which it was written.

アナグラム

• adoptest, despotat, spot date

動詞

post-date (third-person singular simple present post-dates, present participle post-dating, simple past and past participle post-dated)

1. Alternative form of postdate

アナグラム

• adoptest, despotat, spot date