English dictionary
date
/d/eI/t/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the specified day of the month
ExamplesWhat is the date today?
Synonyms day of the monthSource: WordNet 3.0
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a participant in a date
ExamplesHis date never stopped talking.
Synonyms escortSource: WordNet 3.0
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a meeting arranged in advance
ExamplesShe asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date.
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a particular but unspecified point in time
ExamplesThey hoped to get together at an early date.
Synonyms particular dateSource: WordNet 3.0
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the present
ExamplesThey are up to date.
We haven't heard from them to date.
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the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
ExamplesHe tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class.
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a particular day specified as the time something happens
ExamplesThe date of the election is set by law.
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sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
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The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
Source: webster1913
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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; as, the <i>date</i> of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.
Source: webster1913
verb
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go on a date with
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stamp with a date
ExamplesThe package is dated November 24.
Synonyms date stampSource: WordNet 3.0
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assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
ExamplesScientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings.
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date regularly; have a steady relationship with
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provide with a dateline; mark with a date
ExamplesShe wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated.
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To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to <i>date</i> a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.
Source: webster1913
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To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with <i>from</i>.
Source: webster1913