English Explanatory Dictionary

date

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
  2. The date palm.
  3. The anus.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
  3. A point in time.
  4. An assigned end; a conclusion.
  5. A given or assigned length of life; duration.
  6. A pre-arranged meeting.
  7. One's companion for social activities or occasions, especially a romantic partner.
  8. A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
verb
  1. To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  2. To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
  3. To determine the age of something.
  4. To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
  5. To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
  6. To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
  7. To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  8. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A ghost town in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.

Pronunciation

/deɪt/ en-us-date.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-date.wav

Word forms

date dates dating dated

Etymology

From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus (likely via Old Provençal datil), from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably a folk-etymological alteration of a word from a Semitic source such as Arabic دَقَل (daqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”). Doublet of dactyl and dactylus.

Synonyms

date go out [with] go with go together hang together have a thing see step out go out age elden obsolesce

Related words

Sabbath calendar make a move [on] make a play [for] make time courtship woo

Derived words

Chinese date date bread date fish datelike date mussel date-nut bread date palm date plum date shell date tree airdate angel date bear date best-before date best before date best-by date birthdate blackout date blind date carbon-date catch a date cheap date closing date crewdate crew date cyberdate dateaversary datebook date coaching dateless dateline Date Line datemark date night date of birth date of death date rape date-rape date rape drug date rapist date-rapist datestamp datestone date sugar datetime date-time datewise date with destiny dateworthy day-and-date deathdate death date dendrodate desert date doomsdate double-date double date due date Dutch date e-date
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