DATE

Date

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date

Noun

  1. The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
    We made a nice cake from dates.
  2. The date palm.
    There were a few dates planted around the house.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. 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.
    the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
    US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
  2. 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. A specific day.
    the date for pleading
    Do you know the date of the wedding?
    We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.
  3. A point in time
    You may need that at a later date.
  4. Assigned end; conclusion.
  5. Given or assigned length of life; duration.
  6. A pre-arranged social meeting.
    I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
  7. A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
    I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.
  8. A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
    We really hit it off on the first date, so we decided to meet the week after.
    We slept together on the first date.
    The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.

Verb

  1. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.
  3. To determine the age of something.
  4. To take (someone) on a series of dates.
  5. To have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with.
  6. Of a couple, to be in a romantic relationship.
  7. To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  8. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.


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