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To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.
Philip Massinger

Meaning of "antedate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTEDATE

antedate  [ˈæntɪˌdeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTEDATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antedate is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb antedate in English.

WHAT DOES ANTEDATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Antedated

An antedated contract is a contract whose date is in the past; formally, a contract where the date on the contract is prior to the date on which the contract is executed. The term is from Latin ante meaning "before", and its antonym is postdate. Another example, in simpler terms, might be that if something antedates something else, it predates it, or is older than it. See antedated check for ante.

Definition of antedate in the English dictionary

The first definition of antedate in the dictionary is to be or occur at an earlier date than. Other definition of antedate is to affix a date to that is earlier than the actual date. Antedate is also to assign a date to that is earlier than its previously assigned date.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ANTEDATE

PRESENT

Present
I antedate
you antedate
he/she/it antedates
we antedate
you antedate
they antedate
Present continuous
I am antedating
you are antedating
he/she/it is antedating
we are antedating
you are antedating
they are antedating
Present perfect
I have antedated
you have antedated
he/she/it has antedated
we have antedated
you have antedated
they have antedated
Present perfect continuous
I have been antedating
you have been antedating
he/she/it has been antedating
we have been antedating
you have been antedating
they have been antedating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I antedated
you antedated
he/she/it antedated
we antedated
you antedated
they antedated
Past continuous
I was antedating
you were antedating
he/she/it was antedating
we were antedating
you were antedating
they were antedating
Past perfect
I had antedated
you had antedated
he/she/it had antedated
we had antedated
you had antedated
they had antedated
Past perfect continuous
I had been antedating
you had been antedating
he/she/it had been antedating
we had been antedating
you had been antedating
they had been antedating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will antedate
you will antedate
he/she/it will antedate
we will antedate
you will antedate
they will antedate
Future continuous
I will be antedating
you will be antedating
he/she/it will be antedating
we will be antedating
you will be antedating
they will be antedating
Future perfect
I will have antedated
you will have antedated
he/she/it will have antedated
we will have antedated
you will have antedated
they will have antedated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been antedating
you will have been antedating
he/she/it will have been antedating
we will have been antedating
you will have been antedating
they will have been antedating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would antedate
you would antedate
he/she/it would antedate
we would antedate
you would antedate
they would antedate
Conditional continuous
I would be antedating
you would be antedating
he/she/it would be antedating
we would be antedating
you would be antedating
they would be antedating
Conditional perfect
I would have antedate
you would have antedate
he/she/it would have antedate
we would have antedate
you would have antedate
they would have antedate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been antedating
you would have been antedating
he/she/it would have been antedating
we would have been antedating
you would have been antedating
they would have been antedating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you antedate
we let´s antedate
you antedate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to antedate
Past participle
antedated
Present Participle
antedating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTEDATE


bicuspidate
baɪˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
candidate
ˈkændɪˌdeɪt
chloridate
ˈklɔːrɪˌdeɪt
consolidate
kənˈsɒlɪˌdeɪt
cuspidate
ˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
dilapidate
dɪˈlæpɪˌdeɪt
elucidate
ɪˈluːsɪˌdeɪt
fluoridate
ˈflʊərɪˌdeɪt
intimidate
ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt
invalidate
ɪnˈvælɪˌdeɪt
liquidate
ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪt
methylphenidate
ˌmɛθɪlˈfɛnɪˌdeɪt
mithridate
ˈmɪθrɪˌdeɪt
multicuspidate
ˌmʌltɪˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
oxidate
ˈɒksɪˌdeɪt
playdate
ˈpleɪˌdeɪt
revalidate
ˌriːˈvælɪˌdeɪt
solidate
ˈsɒlɪˌdeɪt
tricuspidate
traɪˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
validate
ˈvælɪˌdeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTEDATE

antebellum
antecede
antecedence
antecedent
antecedently
antecedents
antecessor
antechamber
antechapel
antechoir
antediluvial
antediluvially
antediluvian
antefix
antefixa
antefixal
antelope
antelucan
antemeridian
antemundane

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTEDATE

accommodate
date
depredate
due date
exheredate
expiration date
foredate
mandate
out of date
pedate
predate
publication date
redate
release date
sedate
sell-by date
up to date
up-to-date
update
vice-presidential candidate

Synonyms and antonyms of antedate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ANTEDATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «antedate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of antedate

Translation of «antedate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTEDATE

Find out the translation of antedate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antedate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antedate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

早于
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anteceder
570 millions of speakers

English

antedate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूर्व घटित होना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسبق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

задним числом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antedate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রকৃত সময়ের পূর্ববর্তী তারিখ প্রদান করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antidater
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antedate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vordatieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

先行する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 선행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antedate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முந்தின தேதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Antedate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

önce gelmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antidatare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poprzedzają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заднім числом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sunt anterioare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γεννήθηκαν πριν από
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ante dateren
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppkommit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilstede før
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antedate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTEDATE»

The term «antedate» is regularly used and occupies the 98.259 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTEDATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antedate

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «ANTEDATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word antedate.
1
Philip Massinger
To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTEDATE»

Discover the use of antedate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antedate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Technology Commercialization Manual: Strategy, Tactics, and ...
Third, one cannot antedate a U.S. patent claiming the same invention as claimed in the patent application under examination if the patent is issued to another inventor. This dispute is managed by an interference proceeding. Finally, an ...
Melvin Joseph DeGeeter, 2004
2
The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
ANTEDATE, v. & n. Ante, before; 4>. datum, given. To take beforehand, to fix a time for an event before it actually happens ; to anticipate. So we win of doubtful Fate : And if good she to us meant, We that good shall antedate ; Or if ill, that will  ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
3
The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
ANTEDATE, v. & n. Ante, before; do, datum, given. To take beforehand, to fix a time for an event before it actually happens ; to anticipate. So we win of doubtful Fate : And if good she to us meant. We that good shall antedate ; Or if ill, that will  ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829
4
Selfserv Credit: Credit Improvement Guide
“(1) Bankruptcies, which, from date of adjudication of the most recent bankruptcy, antedate the report by more than fourteen years. “(2) Suits and judgments which, from date of entry, antedate the report by more than seven years or until the ...
Lester Bennett, 2005
5
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
Section 605(a)(1) — "Cases under title 11 of the United States Code or under the Bankruptcy Act that, from the date of entry of the order for relief or the date of adjudication, as the case may be, antedate the report by more than 10 years.
6
L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
the order for relief or the date of adjudication, as the case may be, antedate the report by more than 10 years.” 1. Relation to Other Subsections The reporting of suits and judgments is governed by subsection (a)(2), the reporting of accounts ...
7
Interrupted Identity: How to Guard Against & Recover from ...
Cases under title 11 [United States Code] or under the Bankruptcy Act that, from the date of entry of the order for relief or the date of adjudication, as the case may be, antedate the report by more than 10 years. Civil suits, civil judgments, and ...
Ron G. Patton, 2000
8
Forms in Chancery, Admiralty, and at Common Law: Adapted to ...
times, pretends that he never applied to or requested the said G. A H. and G. W., or either of them, to make and antedate such promissory note payable in thirty days from the date thereof, with grace, and that the said note was not antedated.
Benjamin Lynde Oliver, John Davis, 1842
9
Patent Interference Practice Handbook
B. If the prior art is not a statutory bar to a party, and the allegation in that party's preliminary statement, if proven, would antedate the effective dateis) of the prior art, an appropriate response to the Order to Show Cause would be a request to ...
Jerome Rosenstock, 1998
10
A Concordance to the Poetry of Thomas Traherne
1 19 antedate II. 70 DESIGNE 14 II.127 EVIDENCE 14 II.185 ETHICKS I 28 frequency: 1 relative freguency: 0. Lies, Angers, titter Tongues, 0000 frequency: 1 relative freguency: 0.0000 And all my Life to Anguish turns! frequency: 1 relative ...
George Robert Guffey, 1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTEDATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antedate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
It's as Bad as You Think: The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor is …
Benefit cuts antedate the austerity measures that followed the global banking crisis of 2008, and have been enthusiastically taken up by a ... «Mad In America, Jun 15»
2
Background Screening Companies May Now Report Convictions …
... bars background screening companies from reporting "records of arrest that, from date of entry, antedate the report by more than seven years ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jun 15»
3
Malta's first museum and other treasures
In any case the author believes it cannot antedate 27 BC. Busuttil explains the historical background of the time and the duties of a Roman ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
4
Archaeologists plan to investigate burial site which could re-write 7th …
... but the interesting discovery was also made of a large number of burials – possibly as many as 200 – which must antedate the building of the ... «Culture24, Jun 15»
5
An etymologist fidgets on a bad bed. Part 1: “Bed.”
Reference to “trash” (“things lying about”) does not antedate the seventeenth century. Latin lectus and Anglo-French litere are allied to Engl. lie; ... «OUPblog, Jun 15»
6
Bugs: a postscript
... had done so, they would have discovered that bug in this sense and the verb debug antedate the event they were describing with such glee. «OUPblog, Jun 15»
7
Understanding the “end of war” dispute in the al Warafi habeas case
The cases Judge Henderson cited do not say otherwise; indeed, they all antedate the development in international law of the key concept of an ... «Just Security, May 15»
8
Frozen Horchata and Sangria: El Camino Launches Summer …
... of blanco tequila, pinot noir, agave, Jarritos soda, and grapefruit bitters — the drink is the ultimate antedate to s scorching summer afternoon. «New Times Broward-Palm Beach, May 15»
9
Decision denying institution IPR2015-00413
A declaration was submitted during prosecution of the '871 Patent to antedate the reference. The Board noted that it is not bound by the ... «Lexology, May 15»
10
Putting one's foot into it
The examples of the idiom in texts don't antedate the sixteenth century, or, to be more precise, Thomas Tusser's amusing and edifying poem ... «OUPblog, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Antedate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/antedate>. Apr 2024 ».
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