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Backdate

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antedateverbTo occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
postdateverb(transitive) To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date.
predateverb(transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
pre-dateverbAlternative form of predate. [To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)]
foredateverb(transitive) To date in advance
antecedeverbTo go before; to precede.
advancenounA forward move; improvement or progression.
bring forwardverbTo make something happen earlier than originally planned.
post-datenounAlternative form of postdate. [A date on a document later than the real date on which it was written.]
backtimenoun(broadcasting) Alternative form of back time. [(broadcasting) The time during a broadcast at which previously rehearsed material should begin, in order to fit the schedule correctly.]
push forwardverb(intransitive) To continue to act or do something, especially with a lot of effort
preassignverb(transitive) To assign in advance.
prepublishverbTo issue or release in advance of publication, or in advance of a date scheduled for publication.
schedulenounA procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
set aheadverb(transitive) To move forward, often in reference to the time setting on a clock.
postpositverb(obsolete) To postpone; to defer.
premisenounA proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
back ordernounAlternative form of backorder. [An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.]
backloadnounA load carried on the return journey of a delivery vehicle.
preponenoun(chiefly India, transitive) To reschedule to a time earlier than the current scheduled time.

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