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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
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Past simple: antedated
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Past participle: antedated
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-ing form: antedating
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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:
Hypernyms (to "antedate" is one way to...):
chronologise; chronologize (establish the order in time of something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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