| Formas compostas: |
| Inglês | Português |
| date back to sth vi phrasal + prep | (exist since) (vir desde) | remontar a, datar de expres v |
| The fossils dated back to the Precambrian eon. |
| Esses fósseis existem desde o éon pré-cambriano. |
| postdate sth vtr | (occur after) | pós-datar vt |
| ultrapassar vt |
| The author's recognition as a genius postdated his death. |
| predate sth vtr | (date back earlier than) | pré-datar vt |
| The Hebrew Bible predates the Christian Bible. |
| predate sth vtr | (put earlier date on: a check) | pré-datar vt |
| The bank predated the check. |
