date
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date
(dāt) noun
Abbr. d.
1.
a. Time stated in terms of the day, month, and year. b. A statement of calendar time, as on a document.
2. A specified day of a month.
3. A particular point or period of time at which something happened or existed, or is expected to happen.
4. The time during which something lasts; duration.
5. The time or historical period to which something belongs: artifacts of a later date.
6. a. An appointment, especially an engagement to go out socially with a member of the opposite sex, for example. See synonyms at engagement. b. A person's companion on such an outing.
7. An engagement for a performance: has four singing dates this month.
verb
dated
, dating, dates
verb
, transitive
1.
To mark or supply with a date: date a letter.
2.
To determine the date of: date a fossil.
3.
To betray the age of: Pictures of old cars date the book.
4.
To go on a date with.
verb
, intransitive
1.
To have origin in a particular time in the past: This statue dates from 500 B.C.
2.
To become old-fashioned.
3.
To go on dates.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin data, from Latin data (Romae), issued (at Rome) (on a certain day) feminine past participle of dare, to give.]
dat
ʹable or dateʹable adjective
dat
ʹer noun