Date

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Etymology

  1. Botany: French datte, Latin dactylus, from Greek, probably not the same word as finger, but of Semitic origin.
  2. French date, Late Latin data, from Latin datus given, past participle of dare to give; akin to Greek, Old Slavonic dati, Sanskrit dā. Compare datum, dose, Dato, Die
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Pronunciation

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Noun

date

  1. (Botany): 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.
  2. 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.
    Quotations
    • And bonds without a date, they say, are void. - Dryden
    Derived expressions
    • To bear date, to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing
  3. 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.
    Quotations
    • He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fixed the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest. - Akenside
  4. A point in time, as in You may need that at a later date.
  5. (Rare): Assigned end; conclusion.
    Quotations
    • What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date. - Pope
  6. (Obsolete): Given or assigned length of life; dyration.
    Quotations
    • Good luck prolonged hath thy date. - Spenser
    • Through his life's whole date. - Chapman
  7. A pre-arranged social meeting
  8. A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
  9. (Australian slang): anus.
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Derived terms

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Translations

Botany: The fruit of the date palm

That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc

The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place

A point in time

Assigned end; conclusion

Obsolete: Given or assigned length of life

A pre-arranged social meeting

A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion

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Transitive verb

to date (third-person singular simple present dates, present participle dating, simple past dated, past participle dated)

  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
    Note: We may say dated at or from a place.
    Quotations
    • The letter is dated at Philadephia. - G. T. Curtis
    • You will be surprised, 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
  3. To determine the age of something
  4. To take (someone) on a series of dates
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Translations

To note the time of writing or executing

To note or fix the time of, as of an event

To determine the age of something

To take (someone) on a series of dates

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Intransitive Verb

to date (third-person singular simple present dates, present participle dating, simple past dated, past participle dated)

  1. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from
    Quotations
    • The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. - E. Everettet:date

fr:date io:date it:date hu:date ja:date pl:date pt:date ru:date fi:date ta:date zh:date

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