date

[ deyt ]

/ deɪt /

noun

a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen: July 4, 1776 was the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

the day of the month: Is today's date the 7th or the 8th?

an inscription on a writing, coin, etc., that shows the time, or time and place, of writing, casting, delivery, etc.: a letter bearing the date January 16.

the time or period to which any event or thing belongs; period in general: at a late date.

the time during which anything lasts; duration: The pity is that childhood has so short a date.

an appointment for a particular time: They have a date with their accountant at ten o'clock.

a social appointment or engagement arranged beforehand with another person, especially when a romantic relationship exists or may develop: to go out on a Saturday night date.

a person with whom one has such a social appointment or engagement: Can I bring a date to the party?

an engagement for an entertainer to perform.

dates, the birth and death dates, usually in years, of a person: Dante's dates are 1265 to 1321.

verb (used without object), dat·ed, dat·ing.

to have or bear a date: The letter dates from 1873.

to belong to a particular period; have its origin: That dress dates from the 19th century. The architecture dates as far back as 1830.

to reckon from some point in time: The custom dates from the days when women wore longer skirts.

to go out socially on dates: She dated a lot during high school.

verb (used with object), dat·ed, dat·ing.

to mark or furnish with a date: Please date the check as of today.

to ascertain or fix the period or point in time of; assign a period or point in time to: The archaeologist dated the ruins as belonging to the early Minoan period.

to show the age of; show to be old-fashioned.

to make a date with; go out on dates with: He's been dating his best friend's sister.

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Idioms for date

to date, up to the present time; until now: This is his best book to date.

up to date, in agreement with or inclusive of the latest information; modern: Bring us up to date on the news.

Origin of date

1275–1325; (noun) Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin data, noun use of data (feminine of datus, past participle of dare to give), from the phrase data ( Romae) written, given (at Rome); (v.) Middle English daten to sign or date a document, derivative of the noun

OTHER WORDS FROM date

dat·a·ble, date·a·ble, adjective dat·a·ble·ness, date·a·ble·ness, noun dat·er, noun un·dat·a·ble, adjective

un·date·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby date

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Definition for date (2 of 2)

date ²

[ deyt ]

/ deɪt /

noun

the oblong, fleshy fruit of the date palm, a staple food in northern Africa, Arabia, etc., and an important export.

Origin of date

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French dade, date < Medieval Latin datil(l)us (> Old Provençal, Catalan, Spanish datil) < Latin dactylus; see dactyl

Example sentences from the Web for date

In my four years of college, I know exactly one woman who has asked a man out on a date.

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As I sign the forms to be admitted to have surgery the next day, I ask my husband the date.

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Just a month from that date, he now no longer believes that to be realistic, and will no longer estimate a timeline for the trial.

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He also posted the results of the interactions that usually ended in frustration, but on rare successes, began with “DATE!”

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That morning, he sat in the windowsill and began his day like every other: reading the Bible passage that coincided with the date.

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When the first sale is made, the name and address are entered on one of these cards, and the date indicated in the proper column.

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For his whole theory of cavalry tactics is based on the realisation that massive formations are now hopelessly out of date.

Sir John French |Cecil Chisholm
The later or Domitianic date as given by Irenus seems pretty clearly to be correct.

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The preface to the third edition also bears the date of his birthday.

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We cannot say which alternative the builders would have chosen, and therefore we cannot determine the date of building.

Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders |T. Eric Peet

British Dictionary definitions for date (1 of 2)

date ¹

/ (deɪt) /

noun

a specified day of the month today's date is October 27

the particular day or year of an event the date of the Norman Conquest was 1066

(plural) the years of a person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of an event or period

an inscription on a coin, letter, etc, stating when it was made or written

an appointment for a particular time, esp with a person to whom one is sexually or romantically attachedshe has a dinner date
the person with whom the appointment is made

the present moment; now (esp in the phrases to date, up to date)

verb

(tr) to mark (a letter, coin, etc) with the day, month, or year

(tr) to assign a date of occurrence or creation to

(intr; foll by from or back to) to have originated (at a specified time) his decline dates from last summer

(tr) to reveal the age of that dress dates her

to make or become old-fashioned some good films hardly date at all

informal, mainly US and Canadian

to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone of the opposite sex)
to accompany (a member of the opposite sex) on a date

Derived forms of date

datable or dateable, adjective dateless, adjective

Word Origin for date

C14: from Old French, from Latin dare to give, as in the phrase epistula data Romae letter handed over at Rome

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British Dictionary definitions for date (2 of 2)

date ²

/ (deɪt) /

noun

the fruit of the date palm, having sweet edible flesh and a single large woody seed

short for date palm

Word Origin for date

C13: from Old French, from Latin, from Greek daktulos finger

Idioms and Phrases with date

date

In addition to the idiom beginning with date

date rape

also see

bring up to date
double date
make a date
out of date
to date
up to date

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verb (used without object), dat·ed, dat·ing.

verb (used with object), dat·ed, dat·ing.

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date

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verb (used without object), dat·ed, dat·ing.

verb (used with object), dat·ed, dat·ing.

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