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date
I. \ˈdāt, usu -ād.+V\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, modification of Old Italian dattero or Old Provençal datil, from Latin dactylus, from Greek daktylos, literally, finger
1. : the oblong fruit of a palm (Phoenix dactylifera) that constitutes a staple food for the people of northern Africa and western Asia and is also largely imported into other countries
2. or date palm : a tall tree with pinnate leaves and large clusters of dioecious flowers that yields the date and is cultivated especially in many parts of the tropics
3. : washington palm
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin data, from data (as in data Romae given at Rome), feminine of Latin datus, past participle of dare to give; akin to Greek didonai to give, Sanskrit dadāti he gives
1. : a statement or formula affixed (as to a piece of writing, inscription, or coin) that specifies the time (as day, month, and year) and often the place of execution or making
< a letter bearing the date 3 January 1856 >
2. : the point of time at which a transaction or event takes place or is appointed to take place : a given point of time
< preparations were sometimes in progress far ahead of the eventful date — Della Lutes >
< Easter occurs on any date between March 22 and April 25 >
3.
a. : the extent of time that something lasts : duration
< the short date of all things sweet — Rebecca P. Parkin >
b. archaic : termination, end
4. : the period of time to which something belongs especially historically
< sculptures of an early date >
< a style belonging to a later date >
5.
a. : an appointment or engagement usually for a specified time
< has a date with his lawyer to discuss the sale of a house >
especially : an appointment between two persons of the opposite sex for the mutual enjoyment of some form of social activity
< make a date with his girl >
b. : an occasion (as an evening) of social activity arranged in advance between two persons of opposite sex
c. : a person of the opposite sex with whom one enjoys such an occasion of social activity
< his date at the school dance >
Synonyms: see engagement
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- to date
- up to date
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English daten, from Middle French dater, from Medieval Latin datare, from Late Latin data, n.
transitive verb
1.
a. : to determine or fix the date of origination, fabrication, composition, or occurrence of
< date an early American antique >
: assign to a particular time or period of time
< the start of the Counter Reformation is to be dated from this time — R.A.Hall b.1911 >
b. : to assign a chronology to
< method for dating geological periods >
2. : to note down, record, or mark with the date
< bills are dated on the day they are made out >
< date the arrival of each new bird >
< engine blocks dated as they pass off the assembly line >
specifically : to write and date
< the news dispatch was dated from New York >
3. obsolete : to put an end to
4. : to make a date with
< she was dated several times by her boss >
< he didn't go to the dance because all the girls he knew were dated up >
: go on a date with
< she dated several boys of his acquaintance >
5.
a. : to mark strongly or essentially with the qualities typical of a particular period
< the manner in which the brushwork is handled dates the work of the great artists >
b. : to make (as a style, an art work, or an artist) only briefly fashionable or artistically appealing : limit artistically to a short period of time especially time in the past : quickly deprive of artistic originality or freshness
< sentimentality dates most 19th century novelists >
< a flashy architectural style dates a house >
6. : to show up plainly the age of
< his button shoes surely date him >
intransitive verb
1. : to estimate or record the date or chronology
< the historian dates by years, the geologist by millions of years >
< a machine that dates, weighs, and wraps automatically >
2. : to become dated and written — usually used with from
< a report dating from headquarters >
3.
a. : originate
< furniture dating as far back as the Revolution >
< the manuscript dates not later than the latter half of the 14th century >
b. : to continue in existence : extend
< a friendship dating from college days >
< pioneer stock dating back to 1640 >
4. : to become dated
< a fashion that never seems to date >
< the novel, now a half century old, shows no signs of dating >
IV. intransitive verb
: to go out on usually romantic dates ; also : to be involved in a romantic relationship
< they dated, and he proposed by telephone — Time > |