postdate

/pˈəʊstdeɪt/

/ˌpoʊstˈdeɪt/

[verb]

to postdate

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

establish something as being later relative to something else

antonyms : predate

be later in time

synonyms : follow

antonyms : predate

Examples

1. The filing of this patent, far postdates the publishing of Blades of Steel, which was released in arcades by 1987.

2. Did it predate or postdate life on Earth?

3. After he had arrived in Hollywood and he was still kind of an impoverished actor, one day he took out a napkin and he drew himself a check made out to himself for $10 million, and postdated for 10 years in the future.

4. This indictment, THEY'RE going to POSTDATE the INDICTMENT.