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BACKDATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they backdate ... he / she / it backdates
Past simple: backdated
Past participle: backdated
-ing form: backdating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make effective from an earlier date
Example:
The increase in tax was backdated to January
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "backdate" is one way to...):
effect (act so as to bring into existence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
