|noun|
1.either of two people who meet for a usually romantic social engagement
Do you have a date for the dance?
2.an arrangement to meet between two people usually with romantic feelings for each other
It’s not a date—we’re just friends.
3.appointment sense 1
Louis paid no attention to the other birds. He had a date to keep.— E. B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan
4.a statement of time on something (as a coin, letter, book, or building)
Write the date on your paper.
5.the day, month, or year on which an event happens or happened
What is your date of birth?
6.the sweet brownish fruit of an Old World palm (
|noun (2)|
1.an engagement for a professional performance (as of a dance band)
concert dates
2.a person with whom one has a usually romantic date
bringing a date to the dance
3.an appointment to meet at a specified time
set up a date with her lawyer
4.the period of time to which something belongs
a style from a later date
5.duration
the short date of all things sweet— Rebecca P. Parkin
6.a statement of the time of execution (see execution sense 1) or making
the date on the letter
7.the time at which an event occurs
the date of his birth
on this date in history
|verb|
1.to make or have a date with
I’m dating him tonight.
2.to go together regularly on romantic social engagements
They’ve been dating for a year.
3.to go out on usually romantic dates
wasn’t allowed to date until she was sixteen
4.to become outmoded or dated
5.originate
a friendship dating from college days
jewelry dating back to the 1700s
6.to estimate or compute a date (see date entry 2 sense 3) or chronology : to reckon chronologically
scientific dating techniques
7.to make a usually romantic social arrangement to meet with : to have a date with
someone she dated in high school
8.to show up plainly the age of
old-fashioned decor that really dates the house
9.to mark with characteristics typical of a particular period
10.to record the time of the execution or making of : mark with the date
forgot to date the check
a letter dated the fifth of September
11.to determine the period of time to which something belongs : to determine the date (see date entry 2 sense 3) of
date an antique
dated the fossils to the Triassic period
12.to belong to or have survived from a time
My house dates from colonial times.
13.to find or show the date or age of
Scientists dated the fossil.
14.to write the date on
Be sure to date the letter.
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