DATE

date

(noun) sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

date, appointment, engagement

(noun) a meeting arranged in advance; “she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date”

date, escort

(noun) a participant in a date; “his date never stopped talking”

date

(noun) the present; “they are up to date”; “we haven’t heard from them to date”

date, day of the month

(noun) the specified day of the month; “what is the date today?”

date

(noun) a particular day specified as the time something happens; “the date of the election is set by law”; “we hope to get together at an early date”; “Mother’s Day is always on the same date”

date

(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”

date

(verb) assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; “Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings”

date

(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”

date, date stamp

(verb) stamp with a date; “The package is dated November 24”

date

(verb) go on a date with; “Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

date (plural dates)

The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.

The date palm.

Etymology 2

Noun

date (plural dates)

The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc, which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.

A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.

A point in time.

(rare) Assigned end; conclusion.

(obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.

A pre-arranged meeting.

One's companion for social activities or occasions.

A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.

Verb

date (third-person singular simple present dates, present participle dating, simple past and past participle dated)

(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

(transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.

(transitive) To determine the age of something.

(transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.

(transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.

(reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.

(intransitive) To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

(intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

Usage notes

• To note the time of writing one may say dated at or from a place.

Synonyms

• (have a steady relationship): go out, see; see also date

• (become old): age, elden, obsolesce; see also to age

Anagrams

• AEDT, Daet, EDTA, TAED, tead

Proper noun

Date

A surname.

Anagrams

• AEDT, Daet, EDTA, TAED, tead

Source: Wiktionary

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Date, n.Etym: [F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. , prob. not the same word as finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.)

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

Note: 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, or Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Phoenix 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, or Date fish (Zoöl.), a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas.

Date, n. Etym: [F. date, LL. data, fr. L. datus given, p.p. of dare to give; akin to Gr. , OSlaw. dati, Skr. da. 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. Dryden.

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. Akenside.

3. Assigned end; conclusion. [R.] What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date. Pope.

4. Given or assigned length of life; dyration. [Obs.] Good luck prolonged hath thy date. Spenser. Through his life's whole date. Chapman. To bear date, to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing.

Date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dating.] Etym: [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.

Note: We may say dated at or from a place. The letter is dated at Philadephia. G. T. Curtis. You will be suprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois. Addison. In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them. M. Arnold.

Date, v. i.

Definition: To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from. The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. E. Everett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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