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- [mis-deyt]
- /mɪsˈdeɪt/
- /ˌmɪs.ˈdeɪt/
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- [mis-deyt]
- /mɪsˈdeɪt/
Definitions of misdate word
- verb with object misdate to assign or affix a wrong date to. 1
- noun misdate a wrong date. 1
- noun misdate Assign an incorrect date to (a document, event, or work of art). 1
- verb misdate to date (a letter, event, etc) wrongly 0
- verb transitive misdate to put a wrong date on (a document, letter, etc.) or assign a wrong date to (an event); date incorrectly 0
- noun misdate a wrong date 0
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Origin of misdate
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; mis-1 + date1
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Parts of speech for Misdate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
misdate popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
misdate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for misdate
noun misdate
- misplacement — to put in a wrong place.
- solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- prolepsis — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
verb misdate
- predate — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- pace — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
- precede — to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.
- antecede — to go before, as in time, order, etc; precede
Antonyms for misdate
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