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Definition of Date

1. Verb. Go on a date with. "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"

2. Noun. The specified day of the month. "What is the date today?"

3. Verb. Stamp with a date. "The package is dated November 24"

4. Noun. A participant in a date. "His date never stopped talking"

5. Verb. Assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of. "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"

6. Noun. A meeting arranged in advance. "She asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

7. Verb. Date regularly; have a steady relationship with. "Sam cannot date Sue "; "He is dating his former wife again!"

8. Noun. A particular but unspecified point in time. "They hoped to get together at an early date"

9. 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"

10. Noun. The present. "We haven't heard from them to date"

11. Noun. 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"

12. Noun. A particular day specified as the time something happens. "The date of the election is set by law"

13. Noun. Sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed.

Definition of Date

1. n. The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

2. n. 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 date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.

3. v. t. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.

4. v. i. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.

Definition of Date

1. Noun. (context: botany) The fruit of the date palm. This sweet fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. ¹

2. Noun. (context: botany) The date palm itself. ¹

3. Noun. 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 '''date''' of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc. ¹

4. Noun. The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the '''date''' of a battle. A specific day. ¹

5. Noun. A point in time ¹

6. Noun. (rare) Assigned end; conclusion. ¹

7. Noun. (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration. ¹

8. Noun. A pre-arranged social meeting. ¹

9. Noun. A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion. ¹

10. Noun. A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive) To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive) To determine the age of something. ¹

14. Verb. (transitive) To take (someone) on a series of dates. ¹

15. Verb. (transitive) to have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with ¹

16. Verb. (intransitive) of a couple, to be in a romantic relationship ¹

17. Verb. (intransitive) To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc. ¹

18. Verb. (intransitive with ''from'') To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Date

1. to determine or record the date of [v DATED, DATING, DATES] : DATEABLE [adj]

Medical Definition of Date

1. 1. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter. 2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids. We may say dated at or from a place. "The letter is dated at Philadephia." (G. T. Curtis) "You will be suprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois." (Addison) "In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them." (M. Arnold) Origin: Cf. F. Dater. See Date. The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome, and inclosing a hard kernel. Date palm, or Date tree, a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas. Origin: F. Datte, L. Dactylus, fr. Gr, prob. Not the same word as finger, but of Semitic origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Date

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