👉 In linguistics, "postdates" is a term used to describe the process of an event or action occurring before another event in chronological order. It can also refer to the act of writing down information that occurred before it was known or recorded. For example: - A person may say that they were born on January 1st, 2000, and then later discover that this is a "postdated" date because they were born on February 29th, 1