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DATE BACK

Pronunciation (US):

• DATE BACK (verb)
The verb DATE BACK has 1 sense:

1. belong to an earlier time

Familiarity information: DATE BACK used as a verb is very rare.

• DATE BACK (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Belong to an earlier time

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

date back; date from; go back

Context example:

This story dates back 200 years

Hypernyms (to "date back" is one way to...):

initiate; originate; start (bring into being)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "date back"):

ascend (go back in order of genealogical succession)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

"A cobbler formed the shape of shoes on a wooden foot shaped last. If it lasted long he was happy"
(English proverb)
"The wolf has a thick neck, because he does his job on his own."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself."
(Arabic proverb)
"A good start is half the job done."
(Dutch proverb)

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