What does antedating mean?
Antedating means present participle and gerund of antedate.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of antedate.
The new edition of the dictionary contains several antedatings.
Had I access to large databases of scanned-in newspapers from the Philippines, or Africa, or India, etc., we would expect to see a good percentage of antedatings of the current earliest instances.
Use antedating when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Antedating means present participle and gerund of antedate.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The new edition of the dictionary contains several antedatings.
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