date
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
Etymology 1
From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus, 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”).
Noun
date (plural dates)
- 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.
- We made a nice cake from dates.
- The date palm.
- There were a few dates planted around the house.
Hypernyms
- fruit
Derived terms
- Chinese date
- date fish
- date mussel
- date palm
- date plum
- date shell
- date tree
Translations
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Etymology 2
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.
Noun
date (plural dates)
- 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.
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- 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.
- 1844, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination, Book II
- He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fix'd the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest.
- Do you know the date of the wedding?
- We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.
- A point in time.
- You may need that at a later date.
- (rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
- 1714, Alexander Pope, “The Rape of the Lock”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, OCLC 43265629:
- What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date.
- (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 45:
- 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.
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- A pre-arranged meeting.
- I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
- 1903, Guy Wetmore Carryl, The Lieutenant-Governor, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 121:
- "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.
- 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.
- We slept together on the first date.
- The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.
Hypernyms
- time
Hyponyms
- birth date
- call date
- date of birth
- entry date
- exp. date
- expiration date
- expiry date
- fume date
- Julian date
- maturity date
- posting date
- settlement date
- spot date
- trade date
- value date
- vest date
Derived terms
- bear date
- best-before date
- best before date
- best-by date
- blind date
- carbon-date
- crew date
- date coaching
- dateless
- Date Line
- date night
- date of birth
- date-rape
- date rape
- date rape drug
- date rapist
- date-rapist
- date sugar
- date with destiny
- day-and-date
- desert date
- double date
- double-date
- due date
- dutch date
- Dutch date
- e-date
- expected date of confinement
- heavy date
- hot date
- in date
- International Date Line
- it's a date
- man date
- month to date
- of even date
- out-of-date
- out of date
- play date
- post-date
- pre-date
- save the date
- sell-by date
- sexpiration date
- speed date
- till date
- to-date
- to date
- transaction date
- up-date
- up to date
- up-to-date
- use-by date
- what date is it today
- year to date
- year-to-date
Descendants
- → German: Date
- → Japanese: デート
Translations
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Verb
date (third-person singular simple present dates, present participle dating, simple past and past participle dated)
- (transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
- 1699, Addison, Joseph, Letter to Rt. Hon. Charles Montagu, Esq., Blois, France; republished in Lucy Aikin, chapter 3, in The Life of Joseph Addison, volume 1, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843, page 79:
- You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.
- 1796 January 1, Cobbett, William, A New Year's Gift to the Democrats, footnote; republished in Porcupine's Works, volume 2, London: For Cobbett and Morgan, 1801, page 430:
- I keep to the very words of the letter; but that, by "this State," is meant the State of Pennsylvania, cannot be doubted, especially when we see that the letter is dated at Philadelphia.
- 1865, Arnold, Matthew, “Marcus Aurelius”, in Essays in Criticism: First Series; republished as “An Essay on Marcus Aurelius”, in The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus, London: G. Bell and Sons, published 1913, 1862, page 227:
- In these countries much of his Journal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them; and there, a few weeks before his fifty-ninth birthday, he fell sick and died.
- to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter
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- (transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
- (transitive) To determine the age of something.
- to date the building of the pyramids
- (transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
- (transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
- 2008 May 15, “Jessica Simpson upset John Mayer dating Jennifer Aniston”, in NEWS.com.au:
- Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.
- Synonyms: go out, see; see also Thesaurus:date
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- (reciprocal, by extension) 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.
- Synonyms: go out, see; see also Thesaurus:date
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
- Synonyms: age, elden, obsolesce; see also Thesaurus:to age
- (intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
- 1826, Edward Everett, The Claims of Citizens of the United States of America on the Governments of Naples, Holland, and France
- The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess:
- 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.
- 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
- From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
- 1826, Edward Everett, The Claims of Citizens of the United States of America on the Governments of Naples, Holland, and France
Usage notes
- To note the time of writing one may say dated at or from a place.
Derived terms
- date back
- date out
Translations
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See also
- Sabbath
- calendar
Anagrams
- AEDT, Daet, EDTA, TAED, tead
Aromanian
Numeral
date
- Alternative form of dzatse
Danish
Etymology
From English date.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /deɪt/
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Noun
date c (singular definite daten, plural indefinite dates)
- a date (meeting with a lover or potential lover)
- Synonyms: rendezvous, stævnemøde
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /deɪte/
- Rhymes: -eɪte
Verb
date (imperative date, infinitive at date, present tense dater, past tense datede, perfect tense har datet)
- to date (someone)
References
- “date” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “date,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English date.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deːt/
- Hyphenation: date
- Rhymes: -eːt
Noun
date m (plural dates)
- A date (romantic outing).
Derived terms
- blind date
Related terms
- daten
French
Etymology 1
From Old French date, a borrowing from Late Latin data, from the feminine of Latin datus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dat/
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Noun
date f (plural dates)
- date (point in time)
Derived terms
- date butoir
- date de naissance
- date de péremption
- de longue date
- faire date
- ligne de changement de date
Further reading
- “date”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English date.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛjt/
Noun
date f (plural dates)
- (slang, anglicism) date (romantic meeting)
Noun
date m (plural dates)
- (slang, anglicism) date (person you go on a romantic meeting with)
Further reading
- https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/clefsfp/index-fra.html?lang=fra&lettr=indx_catlog_d&page=9iwGrR_cgy6U.html
Interlingua
Participle
date
- past participle of dar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda.te/
- Rhymes: -ate
- Hyphenation: dà‧te
Noun
date f
- plural of data
Verb
date
- inflection of dare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
date f pl
- feminine plural of dato
Anagrams
- teda
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈda.te/, [ˈd̪ät̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.te/, [ˈd̪äːt̪e]
Verb
date
- second-person plural present active imperative of dō
Participle
date
- vocative masculine singular of datus
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- (noun): deit
- (verb): deite
Etymology
Borrowed from English date. Doublet of dato and datum.
Pronunciation
- (noun): IPA(key): /dæɪ̯t/, /dɛɪ̯t/
- (verb): IPA(key): /²dæɪ̯.tə/, /²dɛɪ̯.tə/
Noun
date m (definite singular daten, indefinite plural dater, definite plural datene)
- a (romantic) date (pre-arranged meeting between two people)
- Synonyms: (romantic meeting) stevnemøte, (meeting) møte
- a person in relation to the other person on a date
Verb
date (present tense dater, past tense data or datet, past participle data or datet, imperative date)
- (transitive, reciprocal) to date
References
- “date” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “date” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- (noun): deit
- (verb): data, deita, deite
Etymology
Borrowed from English date. Doublet of dato and datum.
Pronunciation
- (noun): IPA(key): /dæɪ̯t/, /dɛɪ̯t/
- (verb): IPA(key): /²dæɪ̯.tə/, /²dɛɪ̯.tə/
Noun
date m (definite singular daten, indefinite plural datar, definite plural datane)
- a (romantic) date (pre-arranged meeting between two people)
- Synonyms: (romantic meeting) stemnemøte, (meeting) møte
- a person in relation to the other person on a date
Verb
date (present tense datar, past tense data, past participle data, imperative date)
- (transitive, reciprocal) to date
References
- “date” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin data, from the feminine of Latin data.
Noun
date f (oblique plural dates, nominative singular date, nominative plural dates)
- date (point in time)
- date (fruit)
Descendants
- → English: date
- French: date
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ati
Verb
date
- inflection of datar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdate/ [ˈd̪a.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: da‧te
Verb
date
- inflection of dar:
- second-person singular imperative combined with te
- second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te
- inflection of datar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative