misdate

/'mis'deit/

Thân thiện

The clerk misdates the invoice by writing the previous year.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To assign an incorrect date to something: To write or record a date that is not accurate for a document, event, or object.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The archivist discovered that someone had misdated the historical letter by a full century.
  • Please double-check the form to ensure you don't misdate it.

Advanced Usage

• "to misdate a check": To write the wrong date on a check, which can sometimes cause it to be invalid.
  • If you misdate a check, the bank may not accept it.

Variants and Related Words

• Misdating (noun): The act or instance of assigning a wrong date.
  • The misdating of the artifact confused the researchers.

Synonyms

• Antedate (verb): To date something earlier than its actual occurrence.
• Postdate (verb): To date something with a date later than the actual one. (Note: While both involve incorrect dating, "misdate" is a general term for any wrong date, whereas "antedate" and "postdate" specify the direction of the error.)

Related Phrases

• "to be misdated": (Passive voice) Describes something that has been given an incorrect date.
  • Several entries in the old ledger were misdated.

Học thuật

Verb

1. assign the wrong date to