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dating, vbl. n.|ˈdeɪtɪŋ|
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a. The action of the verb date, q.v.; spec. the act or process of becoming ‘dated’ (see date v. 2, dated ppl. a. 3).
1678Trials of Ireland, &c. 19 He was then in London..as I suppose by the dateing of his Letters. 1891B. Nicholson in Athenæum 10 Jan. 61/2 As other datings of his are apparently advanced one year, his dating requires to be inquired into. 1896[see date v. 2]. 1936C. Connolly Rock Pool 12 The fault I am most conscious of..is that of dating... In this case my debt is with the nineteen-twenties.
b. Archæol. The determination of the age of an object, etc., found in archæological research. Also attrib.
1926Encycl. Brit. I. 157/2 It is..possible ..to lay down a chronological order by the sequence method of dating, based primarly on pottery. 1936Discovery Nov. 362/2 The Bournemouth specimens were found in conditions which give no criterion for dating. 1950F. E. Zeuner Dating Past (ed. 2) i. 11 Dendrochronology may well become a dating-method in such areas.
c. The act or practice of making or having ‘dates’ (see date n.2 2 c). Also attrib. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1939G. Greene Lawless Roads x. 249 Rating for dating. The famous sub-deb chart for getting along with boys. 1951M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 72/2 She has to be so rigorously self-controlled during several years of dating. Ibid. 99/1 The precocious dating habits of middle-class children. 1952W. J. H Sprott Social Psychol. 167 The ‘dating’ system in America. 1958H. Reilly Ding Dong Bell (1959) viii. 78 He was around yesterday and again today. Rather heavy dating, considering that he and Carol have only known each other a month or so. 1959Economist 30 May 821/2 The Americans are better since..they have already, at 17, several years of dating experience behind them. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 53/4 (Advt.), Many more exciting dates, parties, and trips. Dating by computer!
▸ attrib. orig. U.S. Designating or providing a service through which clients may meet one another on a date. Esp. in dating agency, dating bureau, dating service.
1923Lima (Ohio) News 12 Dec. 1/2 The Markley Dating Agency..arranged dates for scores of satisfied clients. 1939S. Pressey et al. Life viii. 313 Suggestions for ‘dating bureaus’ and other devices by which young people may meet are also receiving increasingly serious attention. 1952Humboldt (Calif.) Standard 23 July 16/2 [She] gets them via a professional dating service. 1955F. O'Connor Let. 12 Oct. in Habit of Being (1980) 110 His current obsession is a scientific dating bureau. 1998Times 25 June 23/1 She trawls the country, looking for prospective partners beyond the usual reservoir of people who offer themselves to dating agencies. |