date
noun
- palm tree cultivated for its edible sweet fruit
- edible fruit
noun
- calendar day
- romantic meeting
verb
- meet for social activity undertaken by two people
- to determine a date
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /deɪt/
name
Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Marathi दाते (dāte), from Sanskrit दाता (dātā), nominative singular of दातृ (dātṛ, “giver, donor”). * Borrowed from Japanese 伊達 (Date, “a city in Hokkaido Prefecture”), a habitational surname.
- A surname.
- A ghost town in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English date, from Old French date, from Late Latin data, from Latin datus (“given”), past participle of dare (“to give”); from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”). Doublet of data.
- 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.
“the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.”
“US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.”
- A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
“the date for pleading”
“The start date for the festival is September 2.”
- A point in time.
“You may need that at a later date.”
- An assigned end; a conclusion.
“But because he is but briefe, and these things of great consequence not to be kept obscure, I shall conceave it nothing above my duty either for the difficulty or the censure that may passe thereon, to communicate such thoughts as I also have had, and do offer them now in this generall labour of reformation, to the candid view both of Church and Magistrate; especially because I see it the hope of good men, that those irregular and unspirituall Courts have spun their utmost date in this Land; and some beter course must now be constituted.”
“What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date.”
- A given or assigned length of life; duration.
“Good luck prolonged hath thy date.”
“1611-15, George Chapman (translator), Homer (author), The Odysseys of Homer, Volume 1, Book IV, lines 282–5, As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date, Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state, Both in his age to keep in peace his house, And to have children wise and valorous.”
- A pre-arranged meeting.
“I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.”
“"Why, Mr. Nisbet! I thought you were in New York." "I had a telegram this morning, calling the date off,"”
- One's companion for social activities or occasions, especially a romantic partner.
“I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.”
- A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
“We really hit it off on the first date, so we decided to meet the week after.”
“The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English date, from Old French date, from Late Latin data, from Latin datus (“given”), past participle of dare (“to give”); from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”). Doublet of data.
- To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
“to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter”
“You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.”
- To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
“The writer dates the festival on June 21st, which is probably a mistake.”
- To determine the age of something.
“to date the building of the pyramids”
- To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
- To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
“Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.”
- To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
“They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months.”
- To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
“This show hasn't dated well.”
“The comedian dated himself by making quips about bands from the 1960s.”
- To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
“The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.”
“He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.”