date

date
date1
—datable, dateable, adj. —datableness, dateableness, n. —dater, n.
/dayt/, n., v., dated, dating.
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.
v.i.
13. to have or bear a date: The letter dates from 1873.
14. to belong to a particular period; have its origin: That dress dates from the 19th century. The architecture dates as far back as 1830.
15. to reckon from some point in time: The custom dates from the days when women wore longer skirts.
16. to go out socially on dates: She dated a lot during high school.
v.t.
17. to mark or furnish with a date: Please date the check as of today.
18. 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.
19. to show the age of; show to be old-fashioned.
20. to make a date with; go out on dates with: He's been dating his best friend's sister.
[1275-1325; (n.) ME < MF < LL data, n. use of data (fem. of datus, ptp. of dare to give), from the phrase data (Romae) written, given (at Rome); (v.) ME daten to sign or date a document, deriv. of the n.]
date2
/dayt/, n.
the oblong, fleshy fruit of the date palm, a staple food in northern Africa, Arabia, etc., and an important export.
[1250-1300; ME < AF; OF dade, date < ML datil(l)us ( > OPr, Catalan, Sp datil) < L dactylus; see DACTYL]

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