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Definition of 'DATE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) date
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
July 4, 1776 is an important date in American history.

2.  date
the day of the month:
Is today's date the 8th?

3.  date
an inscription on a writing, coin, etc., that shows the time, or time and place, of writing, casting, etc.

4.  date
period in general:
at a late date.

5.  date
duration:
Childhood has so short a date.

6.  date
an appointment for a particular time, esp. a social engagement arranged beforehand.

7.  date
a person with whom one has such an appointment.

8.  date
an engagement to perform.

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

10. (v.i.) date
to have or bear a date:
The letter dates from 1873.

11.  date
to belong to a particular period:
The architecture dates as far back as 1830.

12.  date
to reckon from some point in time:
The custom dates from the Victorian era.

13.  date
to go out socially on dates.

14. (v.t.) date
to furnish with a date.

15.  date
to ascertain the period or point in time of:
to date the archaeological ruins.

16.  date
to show to be old-fashioned.

17.  date
to go out on dates with:
He's dating his best friend's sister.

18. (n.) date
the oblong, fleshy fruit of the date palm.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < AF; OF dade, date < ML datil(l)us, L dactylus; see dactyl)

Definition of 'DATE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) date, day of the month
the specified day of the month
"what is the date today?"

2. (noun) date, escort
a participant in a date
"his date never stopped talking"

3. (noun) date, appointment, engagement
a meeting arranged in advance
"she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

4. (noun) date, particular date
a particular but unspecified point in time
"they hoped to get together at an early date"

5. (noun) date
the present
"they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"

6. (noun) date
the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
"he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class"

7. (noun) date
a particular day specified as the time something happens
"the date of the election is set by law"

8. (verb) date
sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

9. (verb) date
go on a date with
"Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"

10. (verb) date, date stamp
stamp with a date
"The package is dated November 24"

11. (verb) date
assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
"Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"

12. (verb) go steady, go out, date, see
date regularly; have a steady relationship with
"Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"

13. (verb) date
provide with a dateline; mark with a date
"She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"

Definition of 'DATE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) date
a particular day shown using a number, and sometimes a month and year
The date today is September 9th.; What's today's date?

2.  date
set a date
to decide on a date
Have you set a date for the party?

3.  date
at a later date
in the future
We'll make that decision at a later date.

4.  date
date of birth
the day, month, and year sb was born

5.  date
an arranged meeting, especially a romantic one
I have a date with Val tomorrow night.

6.  date
make a date with
to arrange a non-romantic meeting
We made a date for next month.

7.  date
***a brown sweet fruit, usually dried
***dates, figs, and other dried fruit

8.  date
to date
up to the present time
There have been no problems to date.

9. (verb) date
to have a romantic relationship
They've been dating for a few months.; I'm dating a guy I met at school.

10.  date
to write a date on
to sign and date a contract; a letter dated October 22nd

Definition of 'DATE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) DATE
the fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself

2. (noun) DATE
that addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc

3. (noun) DATE
the point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle

4. (noun) DATE
assigned end; conclusion

5. (noun) DATE
given or assigned length of life; dyration

6. (verb) DATE
to note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter

7. (verb) DATE
to note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids

8. (verb) DATE
to have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from

Translation of 'DATE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a statement on a letter etc giving) the day of the month, the month and year I can't read the date on this letter.
Afrikaans: datum	Arabic: تاريخ	Bulgarian: дата
Brazilian: data	Czech: datum	German: das Datum
Danish: dato	Greek: ημερομηνία	Spanish: fecha
Estonian: kuupäev	Farsi: تاریخ	Finnish: päiväys
French: date	Hebrew: תַּאֲרִיך	Hindi: किसी पत्र में दिन, महीना
Croatian: datum	Hungarian: dátum	Indonesian: tanggal
Icelandic: dagsetning	Italian: data	Japanese: 年月日
Korean: 날자	Lithuanian: data	Latvian: datums
Malay: tarikh	Dutch: datum	Norwegian: dato
Polish: data	Persian: تاریخ	Pashto: نیته
Portuguese: data	Romanian: dată	Russian: дата
Slovak: dátum	Slovenian: datum	Serbian: datum
Swedish: datum, datering	Thai: วันที่	Turkish: tarih
Taiwanese: 日期	Ukrainian: дата	Urdu: مہینے یا سال کا کوئی دن ج
Vietnamese: ngày tháng	Chinese: 日期
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