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: to have come into being (a number of years ago)

a custom that dates back 400 years

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Словосочетания

Автоматический перевод

датировка

Перевод по словам

date  — дата, срок, время, свидание, период, финик, датировать, устареть
back  — назад, обратно, обратный, задний, спина, защитник, отступать

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This custom dates back to medieval times.

Эта традиция возникла в Средние века.

The disease dates back to biblical times.

Происхождение данной болезни восходит к библейским временам.

The pottery dates back to the sixth century B.C.E.

Данные гончарные изделия датируются шестым веком до нашей эры.

Mary’s enchantment with orchids dates back to 1951.

Мэри увлекается орхидеями с 1951 года.

They explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries.

Они исследовали это старое кладбище и увидели гробницы двухвековой давности.

date back

1) Общая лексика: восходить , относиться , появиться

2) Математика: восходить по времени к, брать начало , взойти , восходить

3) Экономика: датировать задним числом

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  • date back to — ˌdate ˈback to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they date back to he/she/it dates back to present participle dating back to past tense dated back to …   Useful english dictionary

  • date back (to … ) — ˌdate ˈback (to…) | ˈdate from… derived to have existed since a particular time in the past or for the length of time mentioned • The college dates back to medieval times. • The custom dates back hundreds of years. • …   Useful english dictionary

  • date back — index antedate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • date back to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms date back to : present tense I/you/we/they date back to he/she/it dates back to present participle dating back to past tense dated back to past participle dated back to date back to something to be made or… …   English dictionary

  • date back — v. (d; intr.) to date back to (the temple dates back to the tenth century) * * * (d; intr.) to date back to (the temple date backs back to the tenth century) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • date back — phr verb Date back is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑record Date back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑generation …   Collocations dictionary

  • date back to — phr verb Date back to is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑document, ↑idea, ↑tradition Date back to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑antiquity …   Collocations dictionary

  • date back — {v. phr.} To go back to a given period in the past. * /My ancestors date back to the sixteenth century./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • date back — {v. phr.} To go back to a given period in the past. * /My ancestors date back to the sixteenth century./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • date back — v. phr. To go back to a given period in the past. My ancestors date back to the sixteenth century …   Словарь американских идиом

  • date back from — phr verb Date back from is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑idea …   Collocations dictionary

The three abstract squares found in Long Hole cave in Cheddar, Somerset, are believed to date back 10,000 years to the Mesolithic Period.

The alleged offences involve former pupils aged 11 to 13 and date back to the 70s and 80s.

Their samples date back 40,000 years, into the middle of the last ice age.

The oldest proteins generally accepted by scientists date back only 1 or 2 million years, Hare says.

The cases date back as far as 1970, when the body of a man was found near a railway line in Slough.

Hasaka-Aleppo, (SANA)-20 archeological finds were unearthed at Tell Brak site in Hasaka, the oldest of which date back to 3800 years B.C.

Jabbur said that the findings date back to the Byzantine period and the status of the jar within the ground and its large size indicate that it was used for grain storage, pointing out that the jar and other findings transferred to Homs Antiquities Department.

This fossil is one of a handful of the earliest known agnathanfossils, all of which date back to the Ordovician period.

The items also include a large collection of liquid vessels of various shapes and sizes, as well as crockery and colored pots, a large number of dishes which date back to the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods and large quantities of glazed pottery decorated with geometric and vegetal drawings dating back to the Islamic era.

Its archeological levels date back to the Bronze and Iron Ages and the Persian, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, Head of Idleb Antiquities Department, Nicola Kabbad, said.

Ayman Ashmawy, head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Ministry of Antiquities, said that the mission discovered several rock slabs with paintings and inscriptions on them, some of which date back to the Predynastic and Protodynastic era, along with burial tumuli, some of which dating back to the Protodynastic Period, while others dating back to the Late Roman era.

The temple is considered to be the last stone temple that dates back to the Persian El-Sawy era that also depicts El-Kabsh Road that dates back to Ptolemy era, and Persian gates that date back to the ruling of King Darweis I.

The section includes a basalt sculpture for two structures of Human being, and two bulls carrying a plate, a statue of goddess Ishtar, in addition to the sculpture of the flying man which all date back to the first millennium BC.

Hama, Central Syria, (SANA) — The national archeological expedition at Mesyaf Citadel in Hama has discovered a number of Islamic coins and pottery candles dating back to the Ayyubid era.Supervisor of the expedition Haitham Hassan said excavation works in the site included the grand hall of the citadel along with the water building bloc, pointing out that excavations in the third tower have uncovered a wide range of Islamic coins and pottery pieces.He added that architectural analyses and studies of the building blocs proved that construction stages date back to the period starting from the 11th century to the Ottoman period.

Al-Aouda indicated that the clay lanterns are the most important archeological discoveries at Bosra Amphitheatre because they are one of the most ancient archeological findings in the city which date back to the Iron and the Hellenistic Ages.


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насчитывают

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датируемые

уходят корнями

относящихся

берут свое начало

появились

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It is estimated that the vast city, discovered by chance during an investigation on pollution, could date back some 9,000 years.



Считается, что огромный город, случайно обнаруженный во время исследования на загрязнение, может датироваться приблизительно 9000 лет.


The practice of burying the dead may date back 350,000 years.



Практика захоронения мертвых может датироваться 350000 лет.


Our people are united by mutual sympathy and respect, while official intergovernmental contacts date back more than 350 years.



Народы наших стран объединяют чувства взаимной симпатии и уважения, а официальные межгосударственные контакты насчитывают более 350 лет.


Indeed, despite their relatively short lifespan, octopus fossils date back more than 300 million years, meaning that they pre-date even dinosaurs.



Действительно, несмотря на их относительно короткий срок службы, окаменелости осьминогов насчитывают более 300 миллионов лет, что означает, что они старше даже динозавров.


Swedish monarchs date back about 1,000 years under 11 dynasties.



История шведской монархии насчитывает около 1000 лет, за это время успело смениться 11 династий.


Divisions and rivalries between groups date back as far as 15 centuries, and still are a factor today.



Разделение и соперничество между ними насчитывает не менее 15-ти веков и остаётся очень важным фактором и сегодня.


Concerns about over-diagnosing prostate cancer date back at least 30 years.



Обеспокоенность по поводу чрезмерного диагноза рака простаты датируется, по крайней мере, 30 годами.


The researchers found evidence that cocoa-based foods date back several thousand years.



«Исследователи нашли доказательства того, что продукты питания на основе какао датируются несколькими тысячами лет.


The earliest remains of musical instruments date back only 40000 years.



Наиболее древний музыкальный инструмент датируется около 40 тысяч лет.


Giant pandas (or bear cats) date back a few million years.



Гигантские панды (или медвежьи кошки) датируются несколькими миллионами лет.


I’d expect that most companies have upgraded some of these older systems, which date back as far 1998.



Мы ожидаем, что большинство компаний обновили некоторые из этих старых систем, которые датируются 1998 годом.


Two pyramids have already been uncovered and many findings date back some 3,000 years.



Обнаружены две пирамиды, а многие находки датируются 3000 лет.


Some couples have unresolved issues that date back years and often these issues can catch up with you.



Некоторые пары имеют нерешенные проблемы, которые датируются годами, и часто эти проблемы догоняют вас.


Some chemicals used in clothing production, such as dyes, have histories that date back centuries.



Некоторые из химических веществ, используемых в производстве одежды, таких как красители, имеют историю, которая датируется веками.


The discoveries made in the area (namely a human skull) date back 1.81 million years.



Открытия, сделанные в этой области (а именно человеческий череп), датируются 1,81 миллиона лет.


Instruments used for dental extractions date back several centuries.



Инструменты, используемые для удаления зубов, датируются несколькими столетиями.


These rock engravings date back more than 8000 years, making them the earliest depictions of dogs in the world.



Эти наскальные гравюры датируются более чем 8000 лет, что делает их самыми ранними изображениями собак в мире.


However, some of the available natural weight loss plans available today date back throughout history.



Тем не менее, некоторые из доступных естественных методов потери веса, датируются всей историей.


The engravings date back 6,000 years ago when hunter-gatherer communities settled in the region.



Гравюры датируются 6000 лет назад, когда в регионе поселились сообщества охотников-собирателей.


The earliest examples of art date back as being created 35,000 years ago.



Самые ранние примеры искусства датируются как созданные 35000 лет назад.

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