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[deyt] 
noun, verb, dat⋅ed, dat⋅ing.–noun
| 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. |
–verb (used without object)
| 11. | to have or bear a date: The letter dates from 1873. |
| 12. | to belong to a particular period; have its origin: That dress dates from the 19th century. The architecture dates as far back as 1830. |
| 13. | to reckon from some point in time: The custom dates from the days when women wore longer skirts. |
| 14. | to go out socially on dates: She dated a lot during high school. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idioms| 15. | to mark or furnish with a date: Please date the check as of today. |
| 16. | 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. |
| 17. | to show the age of; show to be old-fashioned. |
| 18. | to make a date with; go out on dates with: He's been dating his best friend's sister. |
| 19. | to date, up to the present time; until now: This is his best book to date. |
| 20. | up to date, in agreement with or inclusive of the latest information; modern: Bring us up to date on the news. |
Origin:
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.
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.
Related forms:
dat⋅a⋅ble, date⋅a⋅ble, adjective
dat⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, date⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
dater, noun
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| date 1 (dāt) n.
v. tr.
[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; see dō- in Indo-European roots.] dat'a·ble, date'a·ble adj., dat'er n. |
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