foredate

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verb

To date in advance

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backdatepredateantedate
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Meanings

verbforedate (third-person singular simple present foredates, present participle foredating, simple past and past participle foredated)

present singular third person foredates · participle present foredating · participle past foredated · past foredated

  1. transitiveTo date in advance

    Synonyms: backdate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo date in advance

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backdate

More synonyms by meaning

verbestablish something as being earlier relative to something else

Similar
predateantedate
Broader
chronologizechronologise
Also see
antedatebackdatepredate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From fore- + date.

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Translations

Czech antedatovat
  • antedatovatTo assign a date earlier than the actual date
Cite this entry
APA

foredate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foredate

MLA

“foredate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foredate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foredate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foredate.

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