date

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[[t]deɪt[/t]]

n. v. dat•ed, dat•ing

1) a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:

July 4, 1776 is an important date in American history[/ex]

2) cvb the day of the month:

Is today's date the 8th?[/ex]

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

4) period in general:

at a late date[/ex]

5) duration:

Childhood has so short a date[/ex]

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

7) a person with whom one has such an appointment

8) sbz an engagement to perform

9) dates, the birth and death dates, usu. in years, of a person:

Dante's dates are 1265 to 1321[/ex]

10) to have or bear a date:

The letter dates from 1873[/ex]

11) to belong to a particular period:

The architecture dates as far back as 1830[/ex]

12) to reckon from some point in time:

The custom dates from the Victorian era[/ex]

13) to go out socially on dates

14) to furnish with a date

15) to ascertain the period or point in time of:

to date the archaeological ruins[/ex]

16) to show to be old-fashioned

17) to go out on dates with:

He's dating his best friend's sister[/ex]

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- to date up to date

Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < MF < LL data, der. of dare to give), from the phrase data (Romae) written, given (at Rome) dat′a•ble, date′a•ble, adj. dat′er, n. II

date

[[t]deɪt[/t]] n.

pln coo the oblong, fleshy fruit of the date palm

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