ANTEDATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antedate mean? 

• ANTEDATE (verb)
  The verb ANTEDATE has 2 senses:

1. be earlier in time; go back further

2. establish something as being earlier relative to something else

  Familiarity information: ANTEDATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTEDATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they antedate    ... he / she / it antedates   
Past simple: antedated   
Past participle: antedated   
-ing form: antedating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be earlier in time; go back further

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

antecede; antedate; forego; forgo; precede; predate

Context example:

Stone tools precede bronze tools

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Establish something as being earlier relative to something else

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

antedate; foredate; predate

Hypernyms (to "antedate" is one way to...):

chronologise; chronologize (establish the order in time of something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something