date¹ /dāt/

1. A statement of time, or time and place, of writing, sending or executing (on a letter, book, document, etc)
2. A particular day of the month
3. The time of an event
4. Duration, or end, of existence (archaic)
5. Term of life
6. Death-day, doom (with pun on debt; Spenser)
7. An appointment or engagement (informal)
8. A person one goes out on a date with

1. To affix a date to
2. To ascertain the date of
3. To suggest the date of
4. To make an appointment with (informal)
5. To go out with (a (potential) romantic or sexual partner), esp regularly (informal)

1. To have begun (at a specified time)
2. To be typical of a particular time
3. To become old-fashioned
4. To go out with a (potential) romantic or sexual partner, esp regularly (informal)

dātˈable or dātˈeable adjective

dātˈal adjective

datˈed adjective

Old-fashioned, out of date

dateˈless adjective

1. Without date or fixed limit
2. Unlikely to become old-fashioned
3. Free from engagements

dātˈer noun

dātˈing noun and adjective

date coding noun

Marking in code on the container a date after which food should not be used

date line noun

Short for International Date Line (qv)

dateˈline noun

A line giving the date and location (as on a newspaper)

date night noun

An evening on which a couple with children arrange to go out together without them

date rape noun

Rape committed by a person with whom the victim has gone out on a date

dateˈ-stamp noun

1. A device for stamping the date on documents, etc
2. The impression made by this

transitive verb

To mark with a date-stamp

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