date


Definition: Meaning of, date in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / deɪt /

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date dates
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  1. day a particular day of the month or year, especially shown by a number
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  2. at a later/future date formal at some time in the future [=  later]
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  3. to date up to now
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  4. romantic meeting an occasion when you go out with someone that you like in a romantic way
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  5. romantic meeting American English someone that you have a date with
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  6. arrangement to meet somebody a time arranged to meet someone, especially socially
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  7. fruit a sweet sticky brown fruit with a long hard seed inside
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
date dated dated
Present Participle Third Person Singular
dating dates
  1. write date [transitive] to write or print the date on something
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  2. find age [transitive] to find out when something old was made or formed
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  3. old-fashioned [intransitive] if clothing, art etc dates, it begins to look old-fashioned
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  4. relationship [transitive] American English to have a romantic relationship with someone [=  go out with]
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  5. show somebody's age [transitive] if something that you say, do, or wear dates you, it shows that you are fairly old
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date used in phrases

  • Chinese date (noun)
    1. dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
  • International Date Line (noun)
    1. an imaginary line that goes from the NORTH POLE to the SOUTH POLE, to the east of which the date is one day later than it is to the west
  • blind date (noun)
    1. an arranged meeting between a man and woman who have not met each other before
  • closing date (noun)
    1. the last date on which it is possible to do something
  • date back (verb)
    1. belong to an earlier time
  • date bar (noun)
    1. fruit bar containing chopped dates
  • date bread (noun)
    1. bread containing chopped dates
  • date of reference (noun)
    1. as coordinates of a celestial body astronomy an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information is recorded
  • date palm (noun)
    1. tall tropical feather palm tree bearing sweet edible fruit
  • date plum (noun)
    1. an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes
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date used in phrasal verbs

  • date back to (phrasal verb)
    1. date back to something to be made or begun at a particular time in the past
  • date from (phrasal verb)
    1. date from something to be made at a particular time in the past
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