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[deyt] Pronunciation Key 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)

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.

—Idioms

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.

]

—Related forms

dat·a·ble, date·a·ble, adjective

dat·a·ble·ness, date·a·ble·ness, noun

dater, noun

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date¹ (dāt) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. Time stated in terms of the day, month, and year.
2. A statement of calendar time, as on a document.
3. A particular point or period of time at which something happened or existed, or is expected to happen.
4. dates The years of someone's birth and death: Beethoven's dates were 1770 to 1827.
5. An engagement to go out socially with another person, often out of romantic interest.
6. One's companion on such an outing.
A specified day of a month.
1. A particular point or period of time at which something happened or existed, or is expected to happen.
2. dates The years of someone's birth and death: Beethoven's dates were 1770 to 1827.
3. An engagement to go out socially with another person, often out of romantic interest.
4. One's companion on such an outing.
The time during which something lasts; duration.
The time or historical period to which something belongs: artifacts of a later date.
An appointment: a luncheon date with a client; a date with destiny. See Synonyms at engagement.
1. An engagement to go out socially with another person, often out of romantic interest.
2. One's companion on such an outing.
An engagement for a performance: has four singing dates this month.

v. dat·ed, dat·ing, dates

v. tr.

To mark or supply with a date: date a letter.
To determine the date of: date a fossil.
To betray the age of: Pictures of old cars date the book.
To go on a date or dates with.

v. intr.

To have origin in a particular time in the past: This statue dates from 500 B.C.
To become old-fashioned.
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; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]

dat'a·ble, date'a·ble adj., dat'er n.

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