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date
Pronunciation: (dāt), [key]
—n., v., dat•ed, dat•ing.
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n.
1. 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.
2. the day of the month:
Is today's date the 7th or the 8th?
3. 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.
4. the time or period to which any event or thing belongs; period in general:
at a late date.
5. the time during which anything lasts; duration:
The pity is that childhood has so short a date.
6. an appointment for a particular time:
They have a date with their accountant at ten o'clock.
7. a social appointment, engagement, or occasion arranged beforehand with another person:
to go out on a date on Saturday night.
8. a person with whom one has such a social appointment or engagement:
Can I bring a date to the party?
9. an engagement for an entertainer to perform.
10. dates,the birth and death dates, usually in years, of a person:
Dante's dates are 1265 to 1321.
11. to date, up to the present time; until now:
This is his best book to date.
12. up to date, in agreement with or inclusive of the latest information; modern:
Bring us up to date on the news.
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v.i.
1. to have or bear a date:
The letter dates from 1873.
2. to belong to a particular period; have its origin:
That dress dates from the 19th century. The architecture dates as far back as 1830.
3. to reckon from some point in time:
The custom dates from the days when women wore longer skirts.
4. to go out socially on dates:
She dated a lot during high school.
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v.t.
1. to mark or furnish with a date:
Please date the check as of today.
2. 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.
3. to show the age of; show to be old-fashioned.
4. to make a date with; go out on dates with:
He's been dating his best friend's sister. date
Pronunciation: (dāt), [key]—
n.
the oblong, fleshy fruit of the date palm, a staple food in northern Africa, Arabia, etc., and an important export.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
