What does the word date meaning

** We went out on one what could be consider a date date*** but we hung out quite a bit. ❋ Drbigbeef (2007)

Milizia, when in doubt about the date of Alberti’s birth, did not go too far in saying «_disgrazia grande per chi si trova la sua felicità nelle date_.» ❋ David Lindsay Crawford (1905)

* Format user date for the Upcoming Birthday Mod function format_dateucb ($date, $format = false) $lang_dates = $this-lang [ ‘datetime’]; ❋ Ibelphegor (2010)

Submission of the registration for saves the date into a mysql table (date field) the following way: $date = date ( «Y-m-d»); ❋ Unknown (2009)

($year, $month, $date) for the next date, or undef when finished. ❋ Softpedia Linux (2010)

* % date% — The date the item was published or, if not available, the current date. ❋ Alex190 (2010)

; run id3 -2 — t «% date%» — l «00%file%» % savedir%%date%. mp3, ,hide date: ❋ Unknown (2010)

$sql = ( «INSERT INTO $db_bvis SET id = », bid = ‘$getid’, ip = ‘$_SERVER [REMOTE_ADDR]’, date = ‘$date‘, browser = ‘$browser'»); ❋ Bjice (2010)

$date = date ( «F j, Y, g: i a», $topic_last_post_time); ❋ SpongeWeb (2010)

JRequest:: getVar ( ‘sir’, »); $sir_array = explode ( «: «, $sir); if (! isset ($sir_array [2])) $mainframe — > redirect ( ‘index. php? option = com_componentamea&task = view_test&alert_us er = script&id =’. $id. »); jimport ( ‘joomla. utilities.date‘); $date_ = new JDate (); $date = ❋ Unknown (2009)

$date = $date — replace «/», «-» # replace/symbols in date part ❋ Unknown (2009)

What’s New in This Release: [read full changelog] · Updated Vidéotron logo; bug fixed: accumulated daily surplus and ‘now’ arrow were 1 day off; clarified that the last updated date was in fact «$date @ 23h59″; visual fix when new versions are available. ❋ Softpedia Mac OS (2010)

It’s for a simple package $ {enclosing_package} {/*** @author $ {user} * @date $ {date} * /public class ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first event occurred 30 years ago, when the term «date rape» wasn’t even in our lexicon — it was one of those things we didn’t talk about, mostly because women were made to feel like it wasn’t a crime and that their voice wouldn’t be heard anyway. ❋ Heather Wood Rudúlph (2011)

Rain date is next Sunday. $4 per vehicle; nonresidents, $10. ❋ Post (2010)

He would have no trouble remembering what Silberman had just said but the word date was an interesting way to begin his written chronicle of the case. ❋ Charles Kipps (2010)

Yeah, Mike and I went on [a date] last night. He’s cute, but [I’m not sure] if I want to [get involved] with him or not. ❋ Packy (2004)

Yeah, we went on [a date] last night then she [took] me to her place, but her [mom] was there ❋ Mike_Rauch (2008)

We’re [going on a date], so he’s picking me up at 8:[00]. ❋ Kyopo82 (2006)

You [can kiss] my date. ❋ Sharingispower (2013)

Guy: Lets go [for dinner] and a movie.
[Gal]: [It’s a date]! ❋ Mangoesss (2009)

she went to his [house] to play for [a date] ❋ Cjwuzhere (2012)

I’m gonna get my gun and [stick it] right [up your date] and blast your [inners] if you don’t piss off. ❋ Bread Infection (2005)

That ho asked me if I was [lookin’] for a date, but she had [more than three] teeth, so I knew she was a [cop]. ❋ Big Dick’s Halfway Inn (2005)

boy1: «Wow, I took [Cindy] out on a date … guess what we had for [a snack]?»
boy2: «Uhh, I dunno…. coffee?»
boy1: «[NO dude], we had some dates. She loved them so much, she gave me a blowjob.» ❋ Taiksays (2007)

I [fucking] [hate] to date. ❋ Cellophane (2005)

English[edit]

Dates (fruit)
A date palm

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /deɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1[edit]


From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, finger) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably a folk-etymological alteration of a word from a Semitic source such as Arabic دَقَل(daqal, variety of date palm) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל(deqel, date palm).

Noun[edit]

date (plural dates)

  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.

Hypernyms[edit]
  • fruit
Derived terms[edit]
  • Chinese date
  • date fish
  • date mussel
  • date palm
  • date plum
  • date shell
  • date tree
Translations[edit]

fruit of the date palm

  • Albanian: hurmë (sq) f
  • Amharic: ተምር (tämər)
  • Arabic: تَمْرَة‎ f (tamra), (collective) تَمْر (ar) m (tamr)
    Egyptian Arabic: بلح‎ m (balaḥ) (collective), بلحة‎ f (balaḥa) (singulative); تمر‎ m (tamr) (collective), تمرة‎ f (tamra) (singulative)
    Gulf Arabic: تَمِر‎ m (tamir)
    Moroccan Arabic: تمر‎ m (tmar)
  • Aramaic:
    Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܡܪܵܐ‎ m (tāmra), ܚܘܼܪܡܵܐ‎ m (ḳurma)
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תֵּמַרְתָּא‎ f (tmartā) (one), תּוּמַרְתָּא‎ f (tumartā) (one), תַּמְרֵי‎ m (tamrē) (multiple)
    Jewish Literary Aramaic: תַּמְרָא‎ m (tamrā), תּוּמְרָא‎ m (tumrā)
    Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: תמרתה‎ f (one), תומרתה‎ f (one), תמרה‎ m (multiple), תומרה‎ m (multiple)
    Classical Mandaic: ࡕࡅࡌࡀࡓࡕࡀ(one), ࡕࡅࡌࡓࡉࡀ(multiple)
    Classical Syriac: ܬܡܪܬܐ‎ f (tmarṯā) (one), ܬܡܪܬܐ‎ m (tamrē) (multiple)
  • Argobba: ትምር (təmər)
  • Armenian: խուրմա (hy) (xurma), արմավ (hy) (armav)
  • Assamese: খেজুৰ (khezur), খাজুৰ (khazur), খাজুৰি (khazuri)
  • Azerbaijani: xurma (az)
  • Baluchi: ناہ(náh)
  • Basque: datil
  • Belarusian: фі́нік m (fínik)
  • Bengali: খেজুর (bn) (khejur), খোরমা (bn) (khorma)
  • Breton: datezenn f
  • Bulgarian: фурма́ f (furmá), фи́ник m (fínik)
  • Burmese: please add this translation if you can
  • Catalan: dàtil (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    Dungan: зор (zor)
    Mandarin: 椰枣 (zh) (yēzǎo), 椰棗椰枣 (zh) (yēzǎo)
  • Classical Nahuatl: zōyacapolin
  • Coptic: ⲃⲉⲗϩⲱⲗ ? (belhōl)
  • Crimean Tatar: hurma
  • Czech: datle (cs) f
  • Danish: daddel c
  • Dutch: dadel (nl) m
  • Egyptian: (bnr m)
  • Esperanto: daktilo
  • Estonian: dattel (et)
  • Faroese: dadla f
  • Finnish: taateli (fi)
  • French: datte (fr) f
    Old French: date f
  • Ge’ez: ተምር (tämr) (collective), ተመርት (tämärt) (singulative)
  • Georgian: ფინიკი (piniḳi)
  • German: Dattel (de) f
  • Greek: χουρμάς (el) m (chourmás)
    Ancient: φοῖνιξ m (phoînix)
  • Hausa: dabīnṑ
  • Hebrew: תָּמָר (he) m (tamár)
  • Hindi: खजूर (hi) f (khajūr)
  • Hungarian: datolya (hu)
  • Icelandic: daðla (is) f
  • Ido: datelo (io)
  • Indonesian: kurma (id)
  • Irish: dáta (ga) m
  • Italian: dattero (it) m
  • Japanese: デーツ (dētsu), ナツメヤシの実 (なつめやしのみ, natsumeyashi no mi)
  • Javanese: kurma, korma
  • Kannada: ಖರ್ಜುರ (kharjura)
  • Kashmiri : کھٔزٕر (ks) (khạzụr)
  • Kazakh: құрма (kk) (qūrma)
  • Khmer: លម៉ើ (km) (lĕəʼmaə)
  • Korean: 대추 (ko) (daechu)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: خورما(xurma)
  • Kyrgyz: курма (ky) (kurma)
  • Lao: please add this translation if you can
  • Latin: palmula f
  • Latvian: datele f
  • Lithuanian: datulė f
  • Lü: please add this translation if you can
  • Macedonian: у́рма f (úrma), да́тула f (dátula)
  • Malay: kurma (ms), tamar (ms)
  • Malayalam: ഈന്തപ്പഴം (ml) (īntappaḻaṃ)
  • Maltese: tamal m, tamar m
  • Manchu: ᠪᡝᠣᠰᠣᡵᠣ (beosoro)
  • Minaean: 𐩩𐩣𐩧(tmr) (collective)
  • Mongolian: хасарваань (mn) (xasarvaanʹ)
  • Navajo: hashkʼaan, hashkʼaan dijéʼé
  • Neapolitan: láttero m
  • Nepali: छोडा (choḍā)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: daddel (no) m
    • Nynorsk: daddel m
  • Occitan: dàtil (oc) m
  • Old English: fingeræppel m
  • Oriya: ଖଜୁର (or) (khôjurô)
  • Persian: خرما (fa) (xormâ), خرمارطب(xormâ-rotab)
  • Plautdietsch: Dautel f
  • Polish: daktyl (pl) m anim
  • Portuguese: tâmara (pt) f
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi: ਖਜੂਰ f (khajūr)
    Shahmukhi: کَھجُور‎ f (khajūr)
  • Romanian: curmală (ro) f, finic (ro)
  • Romansch: datla f
  • Russian: фи́ник (ru) m (fínik)
  • Sabaean: 𐩩𐩣𐩧(tmr) (collective)
  • Sanskrit: खजूर m (khajūra)
  • Scottish Gaelic: deit f
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: ху́рма f, да̀туља f, фѝник m, у̑рма f (Serbia)
    Roman: húrma (sh) f, dàtulja (sh) f, fìnik (sh) m, ȗrma (sh) f (Serbia)
  • Slovak: datľa f
  • Slovene: datelj (sl) m
  • Somali: timir
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: datla f
  • Spanish: dátil (es) m
  • Swahili: tende (sw) class 9/10
  • Swedish: dadel (sv) c
  • Sylheti: ꠈꠦꠎꠥꠞ (xézur)
  • Tagalog: datiles
  • Tajik: хурмо (tg) (xurmo)
  • Tamil: பேரீச்சம்பழம் (ta) (pērīccampaḻam), தித்தி (ta) (titti)
  • Tashelhit: ⵜⵉⵢⵏⵉ (tiyni) (collective)
  • Tatar: хөрмә (tt) (xörmä)
  • Telugu: ఖర్జూరము (te) (kharjūramu)
  • Thai: อินทผลัม (th) (in-tá-pà-lam)
  • Tigre: ተመር (tämär) (collective), ተመረት f (tämärät) (singulative)
  • Tigrinya: ተምሪ (tämri) (collective and singulative)
  • Turkish: hurma (tr)
  • Turkmen: hurma
  • Ukrainian: фі́нік m (fínik)
  • Urdu: کھجور‎ f (khajūr)
  • Uyghur: خورما(xorma)
  • Uzbek: xurmo (uz)
  • Vietnamese: trái chà là
  • Volapük: daet (vo)
  • Welsh: datys f pl
  • Wolof: tàndarma
  • Yiddish: טייטל‎ m or f (teytl)
  • Yoruba: dàbínò

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English date, from Old French date, from Late Latin data, from Latin datus (given), past participle of dare (to give); from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (to give). Doublet of data.

Noun[edit]

date (plural dates)

  1. The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, 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.
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  2. A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.

    the date for pleading

    The start date for the festival is September 2.
    • 1844, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination, Book II
      He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fix’d the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest.

    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. (rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
    • 1714, Alexander Pope, “The Rape of the Lock”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: [] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, [], published 1717, →OCLC:

      What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date.

  5. (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
    • 1611-15, George Chapman (translator), Homer (author), The Odysseys of Homer, Volume 1, Book IV,[1] lines 282–5,
      As now Saturnius, through his life’s whole date,
      Hath Nestor’s bliss raised to as steep a state,
      Both in his age to keep in peace his house,
      And to have children wise and valorous.
  6. A pre-arranged meeting.

    I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.

    • 1903, Guy Wetmore Carryl, The Lieutenant-Governor, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 121:
      «Why, Mr. Nisbet! I thought you were in New York.»
      «I had a telegram this morning, calling the date off,»
  7. One’s companion for social activities or occasions.

    I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.

  8. A romantic meeting or outing 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.

Hypernyms[edit]
  • time
Hyponyms[edit]
  • birth date
  • call date
  • date of birth
  • entry date
  • exp. date
  • expiration date
  • expiry date
  • fume date
  • Julian date
  • maturity date
  • posting date
  • settlement date
  • spot date
  • trade date
  • value date
  • vest date
Derived terms[edit]
  • bear date
  • best before date
  • best-before date
  • best-by date
  • blind date
  • carbon-date
  • crew date
  • date coaching
  • Date Line
  • date night
  • date of birth
  • date rape
  • date rape drug
  • date rapist
  • date sugar
  • date with destiny
  • date-rape
  • date-rapist
  • dateless
  • day-and-date
  • desert date
  • double date
  • double-date
  • due date
  • Dutch date
  • dutch date
  • e-date
  • expected date of confinement
  • heavy date
  • hot date
  • in date
  • International Date Line
  • it’s a date
  • man date
  • month to date
  • of even date
  • out of date
  • out-of-date
  • play date
  • post-date
  • pre-date
  • save the date
  • sell-by date
  • sexpiration date
  • speed date
  • till date
  • to date
  • to-date
  • transaction date
  • up to date
  • up-date
  • up-to-date
  • use-by date
  • what date is it today
  • year to date
  • year-to-date
Descendants[edit]
  • German: Date
  • Japanese: デート
Translations[edit]

that which specifies the time of writing, inscription etc.

  • Albanian: datë (sq) f
  • Arabic: تَارِيخ (ar) m (tārīḵ)
  • Armenian: թվական (hy) (tʿvakan), ամսաթիվ (hy) (amsatʿiv)
  • Assamese: তাৰিখ (tarikh)
  • Azerbaijani: tarix (az)
  • Basque: egun (eu)
  • Belarusian: да́та f (dáta)
  • Bengali: তারিখ (bn) (tarikh)
  • Bulgarian: да́та (bg) f (dáta)
  • Burmese: ရက်စွဲ (my) (rakcwai:), နေ့စွဲ (my) (ne.cwai:)
  • Catalan: data (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 日期 (zh) (rìqī), 日子 (zh) (rìzi), 年月日 (zh) (niányuèrì)
  • Czech: datum (cs) n
  • Danish: dato (da) c
  • Dutch: datum (nl) m
  • Esperanto: dato (eo)
  • Estonian: daatum (et), kuupäev
  • Finnish: päiväys (fi)
  • French: date (fr) f
  • Georgian: თარიღი (tariɣi)
  • German: Datum (de) n
  • Greek: ημερομηνία (el) f (imerominía)
  • Hebrew: תַּאֲרִיךְ (he) m (ta’aríkh)
  • Hindi: तारीख़ f (tārīx), तिथि (hi) f (tithi)
  • Hungarian: dátum (hu), keltezés (hu)
  • Icelandic: dagsetning (is) f
  • Indonesian: tanggal (id), tarikh (id)
  • Irish: dáta (ga) m
  • Italian: data (it) f
  • Japanese: 年月日 (ja) (ねんがっぴ, nengappi), 日付 (ja) (ひづけ, hizuke), 月日 (ja) (がっぴ, gappi)
  • Jarai:
  • Kashmiri : تٲریٖخ(tạ̄rīkh)
  • Kazakh: дата (kk) (data)
  • Khmer: កាលបរិច្ឆេត (kaal paʼrəccheet)
  • Korean: 연월일 (yeonworil), 월일 (ko) (woril), 날짜 (ko) (naljja)
  • Kyrgyz: дата (ky) (data), число (çislo)
  • Ladin: data f
  • Lao: ວັນທີ່ (wan thī)
  • Latvian: datums m
  • Lithuanian: data (lt) f
  • Macedonian: датум m (datum)
  • Malay: tarikh (ms), tanggal
  • Mongolian: огноо (mn) (ognoo)
  • Navajo: yoołkááł
  • Nepali: मिति (miti), तिथि (tithi), डेट (ḍeṭ)
  • Norwegian: dato (no) m
  • Pashto: تاريخ (ps) m (tāríx)
  • Persian: تاریخ (fa) (târix)
  • Plautdietsch: Dotem m
  • Polish: data (pl) f
  • Portuguese: data (pt) f
  • Romanian: dată (ro) f
  • Russian: да́та (ru) f (dáta), число́ (ru) n (čisló)
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceann-latha m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: на́дневак m, да́тум m
    Roman: nádnevak (sh) m, dátum (sh) m
  • Slovak: dátum n
  • Slovene: datum (sl) m
  • Spanish: fecha (es) f, data (es) f
  • Swedish: datum (sv) c
  • Tagalog: taburaw, petsa
  • Tajik: таърих (tg) (taʾrix)
  • Thai: วันที่ (th) (wan-tîi)
  • Tibetan: ཚེས་པ (tshes pa)
  • Turkish: tarih (tr), (Maraş city dialect) günlemeç (tr)
  • Turkmen: taryh, data
  • Ukrainian: да́та f (dáta)
  • Urdu: تاریخ (ur) f (tārīx)
  • Uyghur: تارىخ(tarix), چېسلا(chësla)
  • Uzbek: tarix (uz), chislo (uz), data
  • Vietnamese: ngày (vi), ngày tháng (vi)
  • Yiddish: דאַטע‎ f (date)
  • Yoruba: déètì

point of time at which a transaction or event takes place

  • Albanian: please add this translation if you can
  • Arabic: تَارِيخ (ar) m (tārīḵ)
  • Armenian: թվական (hy) (tʿvakan), ամսաթիվ (hy) (amsatʿiv)
  • Breton: deiziad (br) m
  • Bulgarian: да́та (bg) f (dáta)
  • Catalan: data (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 日期 (jat6 kei4)
    Mandarin: 日期 (zh) (rìqī)
  • Czech: datum (cs) n
  • Danish: dato (da) c, tidspunkt n
  • Dutch: datum (nl) m
  • Esperanto: dato (eo)
  • Estonian: kuupäev
  • Finnish: päivämäärä (fi)
  • French: date (fr) f
  • Galician: data (gl) f
  • Georgian: თარიღი (tariɣi)
  • German: Datum (de) n, Zeitpunkt (de) m
  • Greek: ημερομηνία (el) f (imerominía)
  • Hebrew: תַּאֲרִיךְ (he) m (ta’aríkh)
  • Hindi: तारीख़ f (tārīx), तिथि (hi) f (tithi)
  • Hungarian: időpont (hu), nap (hu)
  • Icelandic: dagsetning (is) f
  • Indonesian: tanggal (id)
  • Irish: dáta (ga) m
  • Italian: data (it) f
  • Japanese: 日付 (ja) (ひづけ, hizuke)
  • Kashmiri : تٲریٖخ(tạ̄rīkh)
  • Khmer: កាលបរិច្ឆេទ (km) (kalbârĭchchhét)
  • Korean: 날짜 (ko) (naljja)
  • Latin: dies (la) m or f, tempus (la) n
  • Latvian: datums m
  • Lithuanian: data (lt) f
  • Macedonian: да́тум m (dátum)
  • Mongolian: өдөр (mn) (ödör)
  • Navajo: yoołkááł
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: dato (no) m
    Nynorsk: dato m
  • Old English: tælmearc f, datārum m
  • Persian: تاریخ (fa) (târix)
  • Plautdietsch: Dotem m
  • Polish: data (pl) f
  • Portuguese: data (pt) f
  • Romanian: dată (ro) f
  • Russian: да́та (ru) f (dáta), число́ (ru) n (čisló)
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceann-latha m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: да́тум m
    Roman: dátum (sh) m
  • Slovak: dátum m
  • Slovene: datum (sl) m
  • Spanish: fecha (es) f, data (es) f
  • Swahili: tarehe (sw)
  • Swedish: datum (sv)
  • Tagalog: taburaw, petsa
  • Telugu: తేది (te) (tēdi)
  • Thai: วันที่ (th) (wan-tîi)
  • Turkish: tarih (tr)
  • Urdu: تاریخ (ur) f (tārīx)
  • Vietnamese: ngày (vi), ngày tháng (vi)
  • Welsh: dyddiad (cy) m
  • Yiddish: דאַטע‎ f (date)

point in time

  • Armenian: պահ (hy) (pah)
  • Bulgarian: вре́ме (bg) n (vréme)
  • Czech: doba (cs) f
  • Danish: tidspunkt n
  • Dutch: tijdstip (nl) n
  • Esperanto: tempo (eo), dato (eo)
  • Estonian: hetk
  • Finnish: ajankohta (fi)
  • German: Zeitpunkt (de) m
  • Hungarian: időpont (hu)
  • Italian: data (it) f
  • Latvian: laiks m
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: dato (no) m
    Nynorsk: dato m
  • Polish: data (pl) f
  • Portuguese: data (pt) f
  • Russian: вре́мя (ru) n (vrémja)
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceann-latha m
  • Spanish: fecha (es) f
  • Swedish: tidpunkt (sv) c
  • Tagalog: taburaw, petsa

assigned end; conclusion

  • Bulgarian: срок (bg) m (srok)
  • Czech: termín (cs) m
  • Dutch: einde (nl) n
  • Esperanto: fino (eo)
  • Estonian: tähtaeg
  • Finnish: kohtalo (fi), määrä (fi), määränpää (fi)
  • German: Ende (de) n
  • Latvian: termiņš m
  • Macedonian: рок m (rok)
  • Portuguese: fim (pt) m
  • Russian: срок (ru) m (srok)

meeting with a lover or potential lover; a person so met

  • Arabic: لِقَاء الْحُبّ‎ m (liqāʔ al-ḥubb), مَوْعِد‎ m (mawʕid)
  • Bulgarian: сре́ща (bg) f (sréšta)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 約會约会 (zh) (yuēhuì), 幽會幽会 (zh) (yōuhuì)
  • Czech: schůzka (cs) f, rande (cs) n
  • Danish: date (da) c, stævnemøde n, rendezvous (da) n
  • Dutch: afspraakje (nl), date (nl)
  • Esperanto: am-rendevuo
  • Finnish: treffit (fi) pl (meeting), heila (fi) (person)
  • French: rendez-vous (fr) m, rendez-vous d’amour m, rencard (fr) m
  • Georgian: please add this translation if you can
  • German: Rendezvous (de) n, Date (de) n, Verabredung (de) f, Stelldichein (de) n
  • Hebrew: פְּגִישָׁה (he) f (p’gishá), דייט‎ m (deyt)
  • Hungarian: randevú (hu), randi (hu) (colloquial), találka (hu)
  • Icelandic: stefnumót n
  • Italian: appuntamento (it) m
  • Japanese: デート (ja) (dēto), 逢引 (あいびき, aibiki), 日付 (ja) (ひづけ, hizuke)
  • Korean: 데이트 (ko) (deiteu)
  • Latvian: randiņš m
  • Lithuanian: pasimatymas m
  • Mongolian: болзоо (mn) (bolzoo)
  • Persian: قرار (fa) (qarâr)
  • Polish: randka (pl) f
  • Portuguese: encontro (pt) m
  • Romanian: întâlnire (ro) f
  • Russian: свида́ние (ru) n (svidánije), рандеву́ (ru) n (randɛvú) (dated)
  • Slovak: rande ?, stretko ?, stretnutie (sk) f
  • Spanish: cita (es) f
  • Swedish: träff (sv) c, dejt (sv) c
  • Thai: เดท (dèet)
  • Turkish: please add this translation if you can
  • Ukrainian: поба́чення n (pobáčennja)
  • Vietnamese: (sự) hẹn hò (vi), (sự) hẹn gặp

Verb[edit]

date (third-person singular simple present dates, present participle dating, simple past and past participle dated)

  1. (transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
    • 1699, Addison, Joseph, Letter to Rt. Hon. Charles Montagu, Esq., Blois, France; republished in Lucy Aikin, chapter 3, in The Life of Joseph Addison, volume 1, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843, page 79:

      You will be surprised, I don’t question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.

    • 1796 January 1, Cobbett, William, A New Year’s Gift to the Democrats, footnote; republished in Porcupine’s Works, volume 2, London: For Cobbett and Morgan, 1801, page 430:

      I keep to the very words of the letter; but that, by «this State,» is meant the State of Pennsylvania, cannot be doubted, especially when we see that the letter is dated at Philadelphia.

    • 1865, Arnold, Matthew, “Marcus Aurelius”, in Essays in Criticism: First Series[2]; republished as “An Essay on Marcus Aurelius”, in The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus, London: G. Bell and Sons, published 1913, 1862, page 227:

      In these countries much of his Journal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them; and there, a few weeks before his fifty-ninth birthday, he fell sick and died.

    to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter

  2. (transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
  3. (transitive) To determine the age of something.

    to date the building of the pyramids

  4. (transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
  5. (transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
    • 2008 May 15, “Jessica Simpson upset John Mayer dating Jennifer Aniston”, in NEWS.com.au:

      Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.

    Synonyms: go out, see; see also Thesaurus:date
  6. (reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.

    They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months.

    Synonyms: go out, see; see also Thesaurus:date
  7. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

    This show hasn’t dated well.

    The comedian dated himself by making quips about bands from the 1960s.

    Synonyms: age, elden, obsolesce; see also Thesaurus:to age
  8. (intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
    • 1826, Edward Everett, The Claims of Citizens of the United States of America on the Governments of Naples, Holland, and France
      The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess[3]:

      He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him [] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.

    • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

      From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

Usage notes[edit]
  • To note the time of writing one may say dated at or from a place.
Derived terms[edit]
  • date back
  • date out
Translations[edit]

to note the time of writing or executing

  • Arabic: أَرَّخَ(ʔarraḵa)
  • Bulgarian: дати́рам (bg) impf or pf (datíram)
  • Czech: datovat
  • Danish: datere
  • Esperanto: dati
  • Finnish: päivätä (fi)
  • French: dater (fr)
  • Hungarian: dátumoz (hu), keltez (hu)
  • Italian: datare (it)
  • Macedonian: дати́ра impf or pf (datíra)
  • Mongolian: өдрийг тавих (ödriig tavix)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: datere (no)
    • Nynorsk: datere
  • Portuguese: datar (pt)
  • Russian: дати́ровать (ru) impf or pf (datírovatʹ)
  • Slovak: datovať
  • Spanish: fechar (es)
  • Swedish: datera (sv)
  • Ukrainian: датува́ти impf or pf (datuváty)

to determine the age of something

  • Breton: deiziañ
  • Bulgarian: дати́рам (bg) impf or pf (datíram)
  • Czech: datovat
  • Danish: datere, tidsbestemme, tidsfæste
  • Dutch: dateren (nl)
  • Finnish: ajoittaa (fi), määrittää ikä
  • French: dater (fr)
  • German: datieren (de)
  • Hebrew: לתארך(letaa’rékh)
  • Hungarian: datál
  • Italian: datare (it)
  • Lithuanian: datuoti
  • Macedonian: дати́ра impf or pf (datíra)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: datere (no)
    • Nynorsk: datere
  • Polish: datować (pl)
  • Portuguese: datar (pt)
  • Romanian: data (ro)
  • Russian: дати́ровать (ru) impf or pf (datírovatʹ)
  • Slovak: datovať
  • Swedish: datera (sv), åldersbestämma (sv)
  • Ukrainian: датува́ти impf or pf (datuváty)

to take (someone) on a series of dates

  • Catalan: sortir (ca), quedar (ca) (amb algú)
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎾᎵᎪᎲᏍᎦ (analigohvsga)
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 拍拖 (yue) (paak3 to1)
    Mandarin: 約會约会 (zh) (yuēhuì)
  • Czech: chodit (cs) (s)
  • Danish: gå ud med, komme sammen med
  • Dutch: daten (nl)
  • Esperanto: rendevui
  • Finnish: seurustella (fi), tapailla (fi)
  • German: ausgehen (de), daten (de)
  • Hungarian: (a boy takes a girl) udvarol (hu), randevúzik (hu), jár (hu)
  • Japanese: 付き合う (ja) (つきあう, tsukiau), 交際する (ja) (こうさいする, kōsai suru), デートする (ja) (dēto suru)
  • Korean: 데이트하다 (deiteuhada), 사귀다 (ko) (sagwida), 교제하다 (ko) (gyojehada)
  • Lao: ລົງວັນທີ (long wan thī)
  • Macedonian: се гле́да (se gléda)
  • Norwegian: begynne med
  • Polish: chodzić (z) (pl), spotykać się (pl)
  • Portuguese: sair (pt), namorar (pt)
  • Russian: встреча́ться с impf (vstrečátʹsja s) (+ instrumental case)
  • Slovak: chodiť
  • Spanish: citar (es)
  • Swedish: träffa (sv), gå ut med
  • Thai: คบ (th) (kóp)
  • Ukrainian: зустріча́тися з impf (zustričátysja z)
  • Vietnamese: hẹn hò (vi), hẹn gặp
  • Yoruba: jọ jáde

to become old

  • Czech: stárnout (cs)
  • Finnish: vanheta (fi), vanhentua (fi), ikääntyä (fi)
  • French: vieillir (fr)
  • Hungarian: öregszik (hu)
  • Macedonian: заста́рува (zastáruva)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: eldes (no)
    • Nynorsk: eldast
  • Polish: starzeć się (pl)
  • Portuguese: envelhecer (pt)
  • Russian: устарева́ть (ru) impf (ustarevátʹ), устаре́ть (ru) pf (ustarétʹ)
  • Slovak: zastarať
  • Swedish: åldras (sv)

to begin

  • Czech: datovat se
  • Dutch: dateren van (nl), dateren uit (nl)
  • Esperanto: datiĝi de
  • Finnish: alkaa (fi)
  • Hungarian: datálódik
  • Macedonian: дати́ра impf or pf (datíra)
  • Portuguese: datar (pt)
  • Russian: дати́роваться (ru) impf or pf (datírovatʹsja), восходи́ть к (ru) impf (vosxodítʹ k)
  • Slovak: pochádzať

See also[edit]

  • Sabbath
  • calendar

Anagrams[edit]

  • AEDT, Daet, EDTA, TAED, tead

Aromanian[edit]

Numeral[edit]

date

  1. Alternative form of dzatse

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English date.

Pronunciation 1[edit]

  • IPA(key): /deɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Noun[edit]

date c (singular definite daten, plural indefinite dates)

  1. a date (meeting with a lover or potential lover)
    Synonyms: rendezvous, stævnemøde

Pronunciation 2[edit]

  • IPA(key): /deɪte/
  • Rhymes: -eɪte

Verb[edit]

date (imperative date, infinitive at date, present tense dater, past tense datede, perfect tense har datet)

  1. to date (someone)

References[edit]

  • “date” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “date,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English date.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /deːt/
  • Hyphenation: date
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Noun[edit]

date m (plural dates)

  1. A date (romantic outing).

Derived terms[edit]

  • blind date

[edit]

  • daten

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French date, a borrowing from Late Latin data, from the feminine of Latin datus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dat/

Noun[edit]

date f (plural dates)

  1. date (point in time)
Derived terms[edit]
  • date butoir
  • date de naissance
  • date de péremption
  • de longue date
  • faire date
  • ligne de changement de date

Further reading[edit]

  • “date”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English date.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dɛjt/

Noun[edit]

date f (plural dates)

  1. (slang, anglicism) date (romantic meeting)

Noun[edit]

date m (plural dates)

  1. (slang, anglicism) date (person you go on a romantic meeting with)

Further reading[edit]

  • https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/clefsfp/index-fra.html?lang=fra&lettr=indx_catlog_d&page=9iwGrR_cgy6U.html

Interlingua[edit]

Participle[edit]

date

  1. past participle of dar

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: dà‧te

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

date f

  1. plural of data

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

date

  1. inflection of dare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 3[edit]

Participle[edit]

date f pl

  1. feminine plural of dato

Anagrams[edit]

  • teda

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈda.te/, [ˈd̪ät̪ɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.te/, [ˈd̪äːt̪e]

Verb[edit]

date

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of

Participle[edit]

date

  1. vocative masculine singular of datus

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (noun): deit
  • (verb): deite

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English date. Doublet of dato and datum.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (noun): IPA(key): /dæɪ̯t/, /dɛɪ̯t/
  • (verb): IPA(key): /²dæɪ̯.tə/, /²dɛɪ̯.tə/

Noun[edit]

date m (definite singular daten, indefinite plural dater, definite plural datene)

  1. a (romantic) date (pre-arranged meeting between two people)
    Synonyms: (romantic meeting) stevnemøte, (meeting) møte
  2. a person in relation to the other person on a date

Verb[edit]

date (present tense dater, past tense data or datet, past participle data or datet, imperative date)

  1. (transitive, reciprocal) to date

References[edit]

  • “date” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “date” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (noun): deit
  • (verb): data, deita, deite

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English date. Doublet of dato and datum.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (noun): IPA(key): /dæɪ̯t/, /dɛɪ̯t/
  • (verb): IPA(key): /²dæɪ̯.tə/, /²dɛɪ̯.tə/

Noun[edit]

date m (definite singular daten, indefinite plural datar, definite plural datane)

  1. a (romantic) date (pre-arranged meeting between two people)
    Synonyms: (romantic meeting) stemnemøte, (meeting) møte
  2. a person in relation to the other person on a date

Verb[edit]

date (present tense datar, past tense data, past participle data, imperative date)

  1. (transitive, reciprocal) to date

References[edit]

  • “date” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin data, from the feminine of Latin data.

Noun[edit]

date f (oblique plural dates, nominative singular date, nominative plural dates)

  1. date (point in time)
  2. date (fruit)

Descendants[edit]

  • English: date
  • French: date

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -ati

Verb[edit]

date

  1. inflection of datar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdate/ [ˈd̪a.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: da‧te

Verb[edit]

date

  1. inflection of dar:
    1. second-person singular imperative combined with te
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te
  2. inflection of datar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English date

Noun[edit]

date c

  1. Alternative form of dejt (romantic date)

Declension[edit]

Declension of date 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative date daten dater daterna
Genitive dates datens daters daternas

References[edit]

  • date in Svensk ordbok (SO)

What is the origin of the word date?

The word for “the time of an event” comes to us from Latin, but the Latin word did not mean either “day” or “time.” Date derives from the Latin phrase data Romae, meaning “given at Rome,” an expression used just before the date on letters and documents.

What does be my date mean?

It’s how you would introduce someone you are on a date with or will be going on a date with.

What does date mean in slang?

noun. a sexual transaction with a prostitute.

What is the true meaning of dating?

Dating is defined as to be romantically involved with someone. An example of dating is two people seeing each other exclusively for six months. The definition of dating is marking, assigning or recording with a date, or showing that something is typical for a certain time period.

What are the 5 stages of dating?

Every relationship goes through five dating stages. These stages of dating are attraction, reality, commitment, intimacy, and, finally, engagement.

What are 3 types of dating?

Dr. Pat Allen believes there are three different kinds of dating: Duty Dating®, Real dating, and Courtship.

What are the 4 types of dating?

“The four types of dating couples that we found included the dramatic couple, the conflict-ridden couple, the socially involved couple, and the partner-focused couple,” said Brian Ogolsky, assistant professor at University of Illinois.

What are the disadvantages of dating?

  • Slowing You Down In Making New Friends.
  • Distracting You From Studying Hard.
  • Making Less Time To Explore Your Passion.
  • Making You Look For Your Significant Other’s Approval.
  • Robbing You From The Chance Of Building Your Opinion.
  • Making You Forget Who You Really Are As An Individual.

Is it good to marry your age mate?

Marrying an older man shortens a woman’s lifespan, but having a younger husband reduces it even more, the study found. The findings, drawn from the medical records of two million Danish couples, suggest that the best a woman can do is marry a man of about the same age.

What are the disadvantages of having a boyfriend?

  • 1 He Takes All Your Time. When you’re single, you can have a fun and fulfilling social life with a diverse range of people.
  • 2 He Distracts You From Other Things.
  • 3 He Can Stress You Out.
  • 4 You Can Lose Your Independence.

What are the pros and cons of dating?

Real Life Pros And Cons To Dating

  • Pro 4: They listen to you.
  • Pro 5: The truly enjoyable moments.
  • Con 1: Fights.
  • Con 2: Their attitude.
  • Con 3: When they get on your nerves.
  • Con 4: When they don’t listen to you.
  • Con 5: When they hurt you.
  • Pro 6: They love you.

What is the number 1 dating app?

Tinder

What are the disadvantages of having a girlfriend?

Anyways let’s talk about the advantages of having a boyfriend/ girlfriend….

  • Less freedom than being single.
  • Less time available (an issue for many people in school).
  • Compromise/sacrifice.
  • Girlfriend’s/Boyfriend’s parents (potentially).
  • Nagging (potentially).
  • Abuse (potentially).
  • Getting hurt (potentially).

At what age is good to have a girlfriend?

Experts recommend ages 16 and 17 is the ideal age to start dating, along with observing how mature your child is and how well they handle responsibilities.

Is it better to not have a girlfriend?

No, its totally fine to not have a girlfriend. Live your life on your terms. Help your parents come out of debt rather than spending on girl. Parents will always be by your side , even when you don’t help your parents in their tough time.

What age can I have a girlfriend?

“There is no law about when you are old enough to have a girlfriend or boyfriend, unlike the age of consent. You need to know your child well, because some children may be ready for a relationship at 12 but another not until they are 17.”

Can a 12 year old date a 17 year old?

Dating is not illegal as its only a status and not an action. But the 17 year old would basically be daring and begging people to arrest him and face charges if he actually decided to date a 12 year old. So no a 12 year old should not be dating a 17 year old.

Is it illegal for a 12 to date 15?

No, it is not illegal due to just your age difference. It only becomes illegal when there is sex involved, the person you are having sex with is under 16, and you would be either 1 )four years older but less than eight years older than the complainant…

Is there an age limit on dating?

California – The age of consent in California is 18. It is illegal for anyone to engage in sexual intercourse with a minor (someone under the age of 18), unless they are that person’s spouse. California employs a tiered system where the greater the difference in age, the greater the penalty.

Is it bad to be 16 and date a 13 year old?

The question as phrased, the answer is ‘no. ‘ It is not legal. If the 16 year old engages in any sexual conduct with the 13 year old, they could face statutory rape charges and the parental consent assuming there was any would have no bearing…

Can a 22 year old date a 13 year old?

No, it is not okay. If you are the 13 year old girl then you need to speak to your school counselor or teacher and parent about this man immediately. You would be damaged emotionally by this relationship. If you are the 22 year old man you will end up dead, beaten or in prison or all 3.

Other forms: dates; dated; dating

A date is a particular day of the month, and to date is to go out with someone. You might have the date of your first date with a special someone marked on your calendar. Awwwwwwww.

Date comes from the Latin datus, «given,» because in ancient Rome when people wrote letters or decrees, they’d say, «given («data«) May 1st» (for example). Date can mean a day of each year, like May 1st, or one historical day, like May 1st, 1873. You make a date to meet someone for dinner. You date your letter. If you make many appointments with one special lady, you’re dating her. A date is also a fruit, from the date palm.

Definitions of date

  1. noun

    the specified day of the month

    “what is the
    date today?”

    synonyms:

    day of the month

  2. noun

    a particular day specified as the time something happens

    “the
    date of the election is set by law”

  3. noun

    the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred

  4. noun

    a particular but unspecified point in time

    “they hoped to get together at an early
    date

    synonyms:

    particular date

  5. “they are up to
    date

    “we haven’t heard from them to
    date

  6. verb

    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”

  7. “The package is
    dated November 24”

    synonyms:

    date stamp

  8. verb

    assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of

    “Scientists often cannot
    date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings”

  9. noun

    a meeting arranged in advance

  10. noun

    a participant in a date

    “his
    date never stopped talking”

    synonyms:

    escort

  11. “Tonight she is
    dating a former high school sweetheart”

    Synonyms:

    go out, go steady, see

    date regularly; have a steady relationship with

  12. verb

    date regularly; have a steady relationship with

    “He is
    dating his former wife again!”

    synonyms:

    go out, go steady, see

  13. noun

    sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

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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: Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later 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 about date

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

Origin of date

1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English noun from Middle French, from 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)”; Middle English verb daten “to sign or date a document,” derivative of the noun

OTHER WORDS FROM date

dat·a·ble, date·a·ble, adjectivedat·a·ble·ness, date·a·ble·ness, noundat·er, nounun·dat·a·ble, adjective

un·date·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby date

data set, data structure, dataveillance, data warehouse, datcha, date, datebook, dated, Datel, dateless, dateline

Other definitions for date (2 of 2)


noun

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

Origin of date

2

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French dade, date, from Medieval Latin datil(l)us, from Latin dactylus, from Greek dáktylos, from a Semitic language (and unrelated to Greek dáktylos “finger; dactyl)

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Words related to date

age, day, hour, moment, period, stage, term, time, year, appointment, meeting, visit, belong to, come from, determine, mark, register, see, century, course

How to use date in a sentence

  • If we’re talking about something or we’re watching a show … I’ll use conversations that we’re having as fodder for date conversations.

  • You can add it to your listing or your clients’ profiles by adding an opening date under the “Info” option in the admin menu.

  • They had met one year earlier, on Valentine’s Day 2019, on a date where everything seemed to go right.

  • So if your business has been around for some time, adding the open date can help encourage a searcher to click on your listing and potentially call or visit your location, hopefully ultimately leading to a sale.

  • Four of those have already been made up, and another two have rescheduled dates set.

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

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

  • The trickiest items having been placed in the “freezer” to be addressed at a later date.

  • 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.

  • When on August 7, 2013 Future finally did share a tentative date, he also made a significant change.

  • Bessires was included because he would never win it at any later date, but his doglike devotion made him a priceless subordinate.

  • A native of Haarlem on Zandam, the date of her birth being unknown.

  • At the latter date all artists were obliged to vacate the Sorbonne ateliers to make room for some new department of instruction.

  • The text of the amendments designed to carry out these recommendations will be submitted by the Board at an early date.

  • Hitherto, I have not given the subject much consideration, but I turn over a new leaf from the date of this adventure.

British Dictionary definitions for date (1 of 2)


noun

a specified day of the monthtoday’s date is October 27

the particular day or year of an eventthe 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

  1. an appointment for a particular time, esp with a person to whom one is sexually or romantically attachedshe has a dinner date
  2. 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 ofthat dress dates her

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

informal, mainly US and Canadian

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

Derived forms of date

datable or dateable, adjectivedateless, 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)


noun

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

Word Origin for date

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

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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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