Definition of DATE

date

Plural: dates

Noun

  • the specified day of the month
    • "what is the date today?"
  • a participant in a date
    • "his date never stopped talking"
  • a meeting arranged in advance
    • "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
  • a particular but unspecified point in time
    • "they hoped to get together at an early date"
  • the present
    • "they are up to date"
    • "we haven't heard from them to date"
  • the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
    • "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class"
  • a particular day specified as the time something happens
    • "the date of the election is set by law"
  • sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
  • 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.
  • The date palm.
  • The anus.
  • 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.
  • A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
  • A point in time.
  • An assigned end; a conclusion.
  • A given or assigned length of life; duration.
  • A pre-arranged meeting.
  • One's companion for social activities or occasions, especially a romantic partner.
  • A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.

Verb

Verb Forms: dated, dating, dates

  • To determine or record the specific time of an event.
  • go on a date with
  • stamp with a date
    • "The package is dated November 24"
  • assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
    • "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"
  • date regularly; have a steady relationship with
  • 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"
  • To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  • To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
  • To determine the age of something.
  • To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
  • To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
  • To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
  • To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  • To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

Examples

  • Do you know the date of the wedding?
  • I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
  • I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.
  • I try to date my Scrabble wins by writing them in a logbook.
  • The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.
  • The comedian dated himself by making quips about bands from the 1960s.
  • the date for pleading
  • the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
  • There were a few dates planted around the house.
  • They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months.
  • This show hasn't dated well.
  • to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter
  • to date the building of the pyramids
  • US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
  • We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.
  • We made a nice cake from dates.
  • We really hit it off on the first date, so we decided to meet the week after.
  • You may need that at a later date.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus (likely via Old Provençal datil), 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”). Doublet of dactyl and dactylus.

Synonyms

appointment, date stamp, day of the month, engagement, escort, go out, go steady, particular date, see, age, date, elden, go out [with], go together, go with, hang together, have a thing, obsolesce, step out

Scrabble Score: 5

date: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
date: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
date: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

date: valid Words With Friends Word