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noun
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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.
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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.
EXPANDthe 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.
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a person with whom one has such a social appointment or engagement: Can I bring a date to the party?
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an engagement for an entertainer to perform.
10.
COLLAPSEverb (used without object)
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.
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to go out socially on dates: She dated a lot during high school.
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Dating
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used with object)
Idioms15.
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.
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; (noun) Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin data, noun use of data (feminine of datus, past participle of dare to give), from the phrase data (Romae) written, given (at Rome); (v.) Middle English daten to sign or date a document, derivative of the noun
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin data, noun use of data (feminine of datus, past participle of dare to give), from the phrase data (Romae) written, given (at Rome); (v.) Middle English daten to sign or date a document, derivative of the noun
Related forms
dat·a·ble, date·a·ble, adjective
dat·a·ble·ness, date·a·ble·ness, noun
dat·er, noun
un·dat·a·ble, adjective
un·date·a·ble, adjective
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date
"fruit," late 13c., from O.Fr. date, from O.Prov. datil, from L. dactylus, from Gk. daktylos "date," orig. "finger, toe," because of fancied resemblance between oblong fruit of the date palm and human digits. Possibly from a Sem. source (cf. Heb. deqel, Aram. diqla, Arabic daqal "date palm") and assimilated
EXPANDto the Gk. word for "finger."
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