Meaning ofpostdatein English

Verb

1. to assign a later effective date (documents, actions)
   The company will postdate the check to ensure it clears after the holiday.
2. to occur after an event; exist later
   The new policy will postdate the previous agreement, making it invalid.
3. to add a date after the event
   The historian had to postdate the events in the diary to match the actual timeline.