- date
- date1 [ deıt ] noun ***1. ) count the name and number of a particular day or year:The date on the report is October 24, 1998.today's date: What's today's date? The 25th.a ) count a particular day, month, or year when something happens:I made a note of the date and time of his arrival.date of: The precise date of the book's publication is not yet known.set/fix a date (=choose it): Should we set a date for the next meeting?b ) singular a time in the past or future:at a later/future date: The exact details of the plan will be worked out at a later date.at an earlier date: Johnson had agreed at an earlier date to take on the role of chairman.=> DATE OF BIRTH, USE-BY DATE2. ) count an arrangement to meet someone you are having or starting a sexual or romantic relationship with:have a date (with someone): I have a date with one of the guys from my class tonight.go (out) on a date (with someone): Phil called me last night, and we're going on a date this evening.a ) someone you have arranged to meet as part of a sexual or romantic relationship:So come on, tell us, who's your date this evening?b ) make a date (with someone) to arrange to meet someone on a particular day3. ) count a sweet brown sticky fruit with a hard narrow seed inside that grows on PALM treesto date FORMALuntil now:There have been no reports of the animal being seen to date.=> OUT-OF-DATE, UP-TO-DATEdatedate 2 [ deıt ] verb ***▸ 1 have relationship with someone▸ 2 write date on something▸ 3 discover how old something is▸ 4 seem no longer modern▸ 5 show you are getting old▸ + PHRASES1. ) intransitive or transitive if you and another person are dating, or if you are dating someone, the two of you are having a sexual or romantic relationship with each other:They've been dating for over six months now.At college he had dated a medical student from Kansas.2. ) transitive to write the date on something:The letter was dated February 23.3. ) transitive to discover exactly how old something is or when it was made by examining it carefully or making scientific tests:The paintings have not been accurately dated yet.4. ) intransitive to seem no longer modern or fashionable:a style of building that has hardly dated at all5. ) transitive to prove that you are starting to get old or are older than the people you are talking to:I suppose that attitude really dates me!,date `back to phrasal verb transitivedate back to something to be made or begun at a particular time in the past:a large collection of records dating back to the 1950s`date from phrasal verb transitivedate from something to be made at a particular time in the past:These sculptures must date from the middle of the 7th century.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.