verb · intransitive

downdate

downdate · downdates · downdated · downdating

To alter, degrade or downgrade to an earlier or worse version, especially when it was…To alter, degrade or downgrade to an earlier or worse version, especially when it was intended to update.

» The verb "to downdate" does not exist in the English lexicon, but let's go ahead and coin it anyway.

Das Verb "to downdate" existiert nicht im englischen Wortschatz, aber lass es uns einfach trotzdem prägen. — BraveSentry

Ooneykcall · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

Meaning

3 senses

To alter, degrade or downgrade to an earlier or worse version, especially when it was intended to update.
To undo an update.
I downdated the database to undo the most recent update.
To date earlier.
These excavations should be downdated.

Examples

1 sentences

The verb "to downdate" does not exist in the English lexicon, but let's go ahead and coin it anyway.
deDas Verb "to downdate" existiert nicht im englischen Wortschatz, aber lass es uns einfach trotzdem prägen. — BraveSentry
Ooneykcall · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Origin

Blend of down + update, or down- + date.

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Forms

downdates, downdating, downdated, downdated

Base form	downdate · to downdate
3rd person singular	downdates
Present participle	downdating
Past simple	downdated
Past participle	downdated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	downdate
he, she, it	downdates

Past simpleLesson

all persons

downdated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have downdated
he, she, it	has downdated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will downdate

Antonyms

1 antonyms

[1,2] update

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle