1
a specified day of the month
today's date is October 27
2
the particular day or year of an event
the date of the Norman Conquest was 1066
3
pl
the years of a person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of an event or period
4
an inscription on a coin, letter, etc., stating when it was made or written
a
an appointment for a particular time, esp. with a person of the opposite sex
she has a dinner date
6
the present moment; now (esp. in the phrases to date, up to date)
vb
7
tr
to mark (a letter, coin, etc.) with the day, month, or year
8
tr
to assign a date of occurrence or creation to
9
intr; foll by: from or back to
to have originated (at a specified time)
his decline dates from last summer
10
tr
to reveal the age of
that dress dates her
11
to make or become old-fashioned
some good films hardly date at all
12
Informal
(chiefly U.S. and Canadian)
a
to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone of the opposite sex)
b
to accompany (a member of the opposite sex) on a date
(C14: from Old French, from Latin dare to give, as in the phrase epistula data Romae letter handed over at Rome)
♦
datable, dateable
adj
♦
dateless
adj
See at year
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