Date

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The time stated in terms of the day, month, and year.
  • noun. A statement of calendar time, as on a document.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A particular point or period of time at which something happened or existed, or is expected to happen.
  • noun. The years of someone's birth and death.
  • noun. The time during which something lasts; duration.
  • noun. The time or historical period to which something belongs.
  • noun. An appointment: synonym: engagement.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An engagement to go out socially with another person, often out of romantic interest.
  • noun. One's companion on such an outing.
  • noun. An engagement for a performance.
  • intransitive verb. To mark or supply with a date.
  • intransitive verb. To determine the date of.
  • intransitive verb. To betray the age of.
  • intransitive verb. To go on a date or dates with.
  • intransitive verb. To have origin in a particular time in the past.
  • intransitive verb. To become old-fashioned.
  • intransitive verb. To go on dates.
  • idiom. (out of date) No longer in style; old-fashioned.
  • idiom. (to date) Until now.
  • idiom. (up to date) In or into accordance with current information, styles, or technology.
  • noun. The sweet, edible, oblong or oval fruit of the date palm, containing a narrow, hard seed.
  • noun. A date palm.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A grant; concession; gift.
  • noun. The fruit of the date-palm, Phœnix dactylifera, used extensively as an article of food by the natives of northern Africa and of some countries of Asia.
  • To mark with a date, as a letter or other writing. See date, n.
  • To note or fix the time of, as of an event or transaction; assign a date or time of occurrence to: as, to date an event in ancient history.
  • To have a date: as, the letter dates from Rome. See I.
  • To have beginning; derive origin.
  • To use a date in reckoning; reckon from some point in time.
  • noun. That part of a writing or an inscription which purports to specify the time when, and usually the place where, it was executed.
  • noun. The time, with more or less particularity, when some event has happened or is to happen: as, the date of a battle; the dates of birth and death on a monument; the date of Easter varies from year to year, or is variable.
  • noun. Point or period of time in general: as, at that early date.
  • noun. A season or allotted period of time.
  • noun. Age; number of years.
  • noun. Duration; continuance.
  • noun. End; conclusion.
  • noun. A day-book, journal, or diary.
  • noun. For secret meetings, especially for an immoral purpose; make assignations.
  • noun. An occasional name in California of the fanleaf palm, Neowashingtonia filamentosa.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
  • noun. the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Phœnix dactylifera. See Illust.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (Diospyros Lotus).
  • noun. a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas.
  • noun. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.
  • noun. That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made. etc.
  • Word Usage
    "** We went out on one what could be consider a date date*** but we hung out quite a bit."
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    Ate  Cate  Est  Fate  Haight  
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    account  beginning  consent  doors  event  
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    dated  dates  dating