These fossils clearly antedate the rise of the dinosaurs.
Source: tatoeba (13562089)
Antedate
//ˈæntiˌdeɪt//
Synonyms for "antedate" (48 found)
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18 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- поставям по-раншна дата на документ verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
- предшествам verb (To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time)
Czech
1 entries- antedatovat verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
Dutch
1 entries- antedateren verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
Finnish
1 entries- edeltää verb (To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time)
French
1 entries- antidater verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
Ido
1 entries- predatizar verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
Polish
2 entries- antedatować verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
- antydatować verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
Portuguese
2 entries- antedatar verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
- pré-datar verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
Romanian
1 entries- antedata verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
Russian
2 entries- дати́ровать задним числом verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
- предше́ствовать verb (To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time)
Spanish
2 entries- antedatar verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
- antepasar (desus.) verb (To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time)
Ukrainian
1 entries- передува́ти verb (To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time)
Welsh
1 entries- ôl-ddyddio verb (To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
His theories on evolution antedate Darwin's by nearly a decade.
Source: tatoeba (13562090)
I suppose you know all about the fearful myths antedating the coming of man to the earth—the Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu cycles—which are hinted at in the Necronomicon.
Source: wiktionary
We therefore turn to the question whether defendant's prior convictions for burglary and attempted burglary could be used as the basis for an enhancement under [California Penal Code] sections 667 and 1192.7. Both prior convictions antedate the effective date of section 667.
Source: wiktionary
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