date

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A date is a particular day of the month, and to date is to go out with someone. You might have the date of your first date with a special someone marked on your calendar. Awwwwwwww.

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

Noun
sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

Noun
a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

Noun
a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"

Noun
the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven''t heard from them to date"

Noun
the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"

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Noun
a particular day specified as the time something will happen; "the date of the election is set by law"

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"

Noun
a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date"

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

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"

Verb
stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24"

Verb
go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"

Verb
date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"


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

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.

n.
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.

n.
Assigned end; conclusion.

n.
Given or assigned length of life; dyration.

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.

v. t.
To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.

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


Date

Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. , prob. not the same word as finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. &hand; 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, ∨ Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Ph'd2nix dactylifera. See Illust. -- Date plum (Bot.), the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (D. Lotus). -- Date shell, ∨ Date fish (Zo'94l.), a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas.

Date

Date , n. [F. date, LL. data, fr. L. datus given, p.p. of dare to give; akin to Gr. , OSlaw. dati, Skr. d'be. Cf. Datum, Dose, Dato, Die.] 1. 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.
And bonds without a date, they say, are void.
2. 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.
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.
3. Assigned end; conclusion. [R.]
What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date.
4. Given or assigned length of life; dyration. [Obs.]
Good luck prolonged hath thy date.
Through his life's whole date. To bear date, to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing.

Date

Date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dating.] [Cf. F. dater. See 2d Date.] 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. &hand; We may say dated at or from a place.
The letter is dated at Philadephia.
You will be suprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.
In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them.

Date

Date, v. i. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.
The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.

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

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.

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

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Usage Examples

I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards.

Guys want a 500 horsepower car. I'd rather have one horsepower - in a horse. That's macho. You go to pick up your date and you show up on a horse.

I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.

I had to find a diet that would kick me back into dating shape, because I know that I can't date at size 8. I have to date at size 2. And it's just a fact of nature. Go get your injections and your chemical peels. You gotta look good to attract a man.

Celebrities say they date other celebrities because they have the same job. But I think they just like dating famous people. Celebrities attract each other, like cattle.

Good design doesn't date.

I believe history will come to view 9/11 as an event on par with November 22, 1963, the date on which John F. Kennedy was murdered, cutting short a presidency that was growing ever more promising. Dreams died that day in Dallas it is easy to imagine the 1960s turning out rather differently had President Kennedy lived.

I am very lucky, I have a very tight group of friends and a very supportive family, and to this date no-one has ever sold a story on me.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date.

I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.

Dinner is a great first date. Don't believe that stuff about girls not wanting to eat on a first date - sharing a romantic meal is so sexy.

I don't think there's a date minimum or maximum. I don't get the whole 'All right, you've got to wait three days to call after the date.' If I got a number from a girl, I'd call that night. There's no science to it for me. You just do what it is that you feel like doing.

For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging nations, on our advances in technology and the costs of transport preventing disruption. But this reassuring analysis is out of date.

For much of this decade, both Congressional and administration budget projections showed a decline in science and technology accounts of between 20 and 30 percent in real dollars. The real impact to date has been far less severe.

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.

I always play women I would date.

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