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date 1  (dt)
n.
1.
a. Time stated in terms of the day, month, and year.
b. A statement of calendar time, as on a document.
2. A specified day of a month.
3.
a. A particular point or period of time at which something happened or existed, or is expected to happen.
b. dates The years of someone's birth and death: Beethoven's dates were 1770 to 1827.
4. The time during which something lasts; duration.
5. The time or historical period to which something belongs: artifacts of a later date.
6. An appointment: a luncheon date with a client; a date with destiny. See Synonyms at engagement.
7.
a. An engagement to go out socially with another person, often out of romantic interest.
b. One's companion on such an outing.
8. An engagement for a performance: has four singing dates this month.
v. dat·ed, dat·ing, dates
v.tr.
1. To mark or supply with a date: date a letter.
2. To determine the date of: date a fossil.
3. To betray the age of: Pictures of old cars date the book.
4. To go on a date or dates with.
v.intr.
1. To have origin in a particular time in the past: This statue dates from 500 b.c.
2. To become old-fashioned.
3. To go on dates.
Idioms:
out of date
No longer in style; old-fashioned: clothes that went out of date last year.
to date
Until now: To date, only half of those invited have responded.
up to date
In or into accordance with current information, styles, or technology: brought me up to date on the project's status.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin data, from Latin data (Romae), issued (at Rome) (on a certain day), feminine past participle of dare, to give; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

data·ble, datea·ble adj.
dater n.

date 2  (dt)
n.
1. The sweet, edible, oblong or oval fruit of the date palm, containing a narrow, hard seed.
2. A date palm.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Old Provençal datil, from Latin dactylus, from Greek daktulos, finger, date (from its shape).]

date 1
Noun
1. a specified day of the month
2. the particular day or year when an event happened
3.
a. an appointment, esp. with a person to whom one is romantically or sexually attached
b. the person with whom the appointment is made
4. to date up to now
Verb
[dating, dated]
1. to mark (a letter or cheque) with the date
2. to assign a date of occurrence or creation to
3. to reveal the age of: that dress dates her
4. to make or become old-fashioned: it's the freshest look this year but may date quickly
5. Informal, chiefly US & Canad to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of
6. date from or date back to to have originated at (a specified time) [Latin dare to give, as in epistula data Romae letter handed over at Rome]
USAGE: See at year.

date 2
Noun
the dark-brown, sweet tasting fruit of the date palm [Greek daktulos finger]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.datedate - the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"
due date, maturity date, maturity - the date on which an obligation must be repaid
24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"
natal day, birthday - the date on which a person was born
2.date - a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"
appointment, engagement, date - a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
blind date - a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them)
companion, comrade, familiar, fellow, associate - a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
3.datedate - a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
get together, meeting - a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room"
blind date - a date with a stranger; "she never goes on blind dates"
double date - a date in which two couples participate
tryst, rendezvous - a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
date, escort - a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"
4.date - a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date"
point in time, point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"
5.date - the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"
nowadays, present - the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"
6.date - the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class"
calendar day, civil day - a day reckoned from midnight to midnight
calendar year, civil year - the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar
calendar month, month - one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month"
date of reference, epoch - (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
7.date - a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law"
24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"
future date - a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen
rain date - an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date; "the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday"
sell-by date - a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold
8.date - sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
date palm, Phoenix dactylifera - tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit
Verb1.date - go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"
go out - leave the house to go somewhere; "We never went out when our children were small"
double-date - go out on a date with a partner and another couple; "let's double date this Saturday"
go steady, date, go out, see - date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"
2.date - stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24"
date - provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"
stamp - to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps"
3.date - assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"
chronologise, chronologize - establish the order in time of something; "The archivist chronologized the documents"
misdate - assign the wrong date to
set, determine - fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
4.date - date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"
date - go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"
affiliate, assort, consort, associate - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
5.date - provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"
date-mark, dateline, datemark - mark with a date and place; "dateline a newspaper article"
date stamp, date - stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24"
furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

date
noun 1. time, stage, period
noun 3. partner, escort, friend, steady (informal)
verb 4. put a date on, determine the date of, assign a date to, fix the period of
verb 5. become dated, become old-fashioned, obsolesce
date from or date back to (a time or date) come from, belong to, originate in, exist from, bear a date of >> to date up to now, yet, so far, until now, now, as yet, thus far, up to this point, up to the present
Translations
date [deɪt] n (= day) → fecha;
(with friend) → cita;
(fruit) → dátil m
vtfechar;
(col) [+ girl etc]; salir con;
what's the date today? → ¿qué fecha es hoy?;
date of birth → fecha de nacimiento;
closing date → fecha tope;
to date advhasta la fecha;
out of date → pasado de moda;
up to date → moderno; puesto al día;
to bring up to date [+ correspondence, information] → poner al día [+ method]; actualizar;
to bring sb up to date → poner a algn al corriente;
letter dated 5th July or (US) July 5thcarta fechada el 5 de julio

date [deɪt] ndate f;
(with sb) → rendez-vous m (= fruit); datte f
vtdater [+ person]; sortir avec;
what's the date today? → quelle date sommes-nous aujourd'hui?;
date of birth → date de naissance;
closing date → date de clôture;
to date advà ce jour;
out of date → périmé(e);
up to date → à la page, mis(e) à jourmoderne;
to bring up to date (correspondence, information) → mettre à jour;
(method) → moderniser;
(person) → mettre au courant;
letter dated 5th July or (US) July 5thlettre (datée) du 5 juillet

date [deɪt] nDatum nt;
(with friend) → Verabredung f;
(fruit) → Dattel f
vtdatieren;
(person) → ausgehen mit;
what's the date today? → der Wievielte ist heute?;
date of birth → Geburtsdatum nt;
closing date → Einsendeschluss m;
to date → bis heute;
out of date → altmodisch;
(expired) → abgelaufen;
up to date → auf dem neuesten Stand;
to bring up to date → auf den neuesten Stand bringen;
a letter dated 5 July → ein vom 5. Juli datierter Brief

date [deɪt] ndata (= appointment); appuntamento;
(fruit) → dattero
vtdatare;
(col) [+ girl etc]; uscire con;
what's the date today? → quanti ne abbiamo oggi?;
date of birth → data di nascita;
closing date → scadenza, termine m;
to date advfino a oggi;
out of date → scaduto/a (= old-fashioned); passato/a di moda;
up to date → moderno/a, aggiornato/a;
to bring up to date [+ correspondence, information] → aggiornare [+ method]; modernizzare [+ person]; aggiornare, mettere al corrente;
dated the 13th → datato il 13;
thank you for your letter dated 5th July or July 5th (US) → la ringrazio per la sua lettera in data 5 luglio

date1
n date [deit]
1 (a statement on a letter etc giving) the day of the month, the month and year I can't read the date on this letter. datum تاريخ дата datum dato das Datum ημερομηνία fecha kuupäev تاریخ päivämäärä date תַּאֲרִיך किसी पत्र में दिन, महीना और साल संबंधी कोई वक्तव्य datum dátum tanggal dagsetning data 年月日 (편지 등에 쓰는) 날짜 data datums tarikh datum dato data data dată дата dátum datum datum datum, datering วันที่ tarih 日期 дата مہینے یا سال کا کوئی دن جسے عدد سے ظاہر کیا جاۓ ngày tháng
2 the day and month and/or the year in which something happened or is going to happen What is your date of birth? datum تاريخ дата datum -dato das Datum ημερομηνία fecha aeg تاریخ aika, ajankohta date תַּאֲרִיך दिन, महीना और साल जब कुछ हुआ था या होने जा रहा है datum időpont tanggal dagsetning data 日 (付) (어떤 일이 일어난) 날짜 data datums tarikh datum (-)dato data data dată (de naştere) дата dátum datum datum datum วัน tarih 日子 число کسی واقعہ کے ظہور میں آنے کا دن ngày tháng
3 an appointment or engagement, especially a social one with a member of the opposite sex He asked her for a date. afspraak مَوْعِد среща schůzka aftale; stævnemøde die Verabredung ραντεβού compromiso, cita kohtamine وعده ملاقات treffit rendez-vous פְּגִישָׁה मिलने का वादा, खास कर किसी लड़का और किसी लड़की के बीच spoj randevú kencan stefnumót appuntamento デート 약속, (이성과의) 데이트 pasimatymas satikšanās pertemuan sosial afspraak avtale, stevnemøte randka spotkanie encontro întâlnire свидание schôdzka zmenek izlazak träff การนัดหมาย randevu 約會 побачення وقت کا پیشگی تعین خصوصا جنس مخالف کے ساتھ hẹn hò
v
1 to have or put a date on This letter isn't dated. gedateer(d) يُحَدّد تاريخ، يُؤَرِّخ слагам дата mít datum, datovat datere datieren χρονολογώ fechar, poner fecha a kuupäevastama تاریخ گذاشتن päivätä dater לְתַאֲרֵך तिथि डालना datirati, staviti datum keltez mencantumkan tanggal dagsetja datare 日付をつける 날짜를 적다, 연대를 추정하다 datuoti datēt bertarikh dateren datere, tidfeste datować datar a data датировать datovať datirati staviti datum datera ระบุวันที่ tarih atmak 注明日期 датувати; ставити дату تاریخ درج کرنا đề ngày tháng
2 (withfromorback) to belong to; to have been made, written etc at (a certain time) Their quarrel dates back to last year. dateer يَعود تاريخُهُ إلى датирам datovat se datere sig til; gå tilbage til zurückgehen auf χρονολογούμαι datar (de), remontarse (a) (mingist ajast) pärinema تاریخ چیزی را تعیین کردن juontaa juurensa dater de לְהָתחִיל מְאָז- समय का हवाला देना postdatirati, staviti kasniji datum származik, kelteződik vmely időből dimulai vera frá tilteknum tíma risalire a さかのぼる (어디 연대에) 속하다, ...로 거슬러 올라가다 siekti atgal attiecināt kepunyaan dateren van, uit tidsbestemme, stamme fra datować się remontar a ţine (din) датироваться datovať sa izvirati datirati datera sig från (till), härröra från มีขึ้นเมื่อ ...-den kalmak 屬於(某一歷史時期) брати початок; належати کسی واقعہ کا تخمینی زمانہ متعین کرنا có từ
3 to become obviously old-fashioned His books haven't dated much. verouder يَعْتَقُ، يُصْبِحُ قَديما остарявам zastarat forældes; blive umoderne veralten παλιώνω, γερνώ pasar de moda iganema کهنه شدن؛ از مد افتادن vanhentua dater לְעַדכֵּן अप्रचलित होना ostati nepromijenjen korszerűtlenné válik menjadi kuno úreldast passare di moda 時代遅れになる 시대에 뒤떨어지다 pasenti novecot; kļūt nemodernam ketinggalan zaman verouderen forelde(s), bli avleggs starzeć się envelhecer a se demoda устареть zastarať zastareti zastareti bli (vara) gammalmodig (föråldrad) ล้าสมัย modası geçmiş görünmek 過時 застарівати واضح طور پر قدیم ہونا đã cũ
adj dated
old-fashioned Her clothes looked very dated. verouderd عَتيق، قَديم старовременен zastaralý gammeldags veraltet ξεπερασμένος, παλιομοδίτικος obsoleto, pasado de moda, desfasado iganenud کهنه؛ از مد افتاده vanhanaikainen démodé מְיוּשָׁן अप्रचलित होना vremenski zastarjelo elavult kuno úreltur, gamaldags fuori moda, antiquato 旧式の 시대에 뒤떨어진, 구식의 pasenęs, išėjęs iš mados nemoderns kuno verouderd avleggs, gammeldags, foreldet przestarzały fora de moda demodat устаревший zastaraný zastarel zastareo gammalmodig, föråldrad ล้าสมัย eski moda, modası geçmiş 過時的 застарілий; несучасний دقیانوسی lỗi mốt
n dateline
a north-south line drawn on maps through the Pacific Ocean, east and west of which the date is different. datumgrens خَط تَعْيين الزَّمان أو المَكان меридианът 180 като линия за време datumová čára/mez datolinie die Datumsgrenze μεσημβρινός meridiano de cambio de hora kuupäevaraja خط روز نما päivämääräraja ligne de changement de date קַו הַתָּאָרִיך הַבֵּינלאוּמִי अक्षांश, ग्रीनीच से 180 डिग्री देशान्तर जिसके पूर्व और पश्चिम के समय में अन्तर पड़ जाता है datumska granica,meridijan od Greenwicha naptárvonal garis tanggal dagalína meridiano 日付変更線 (신문·편지의) 발신일 및 발신자를 나타내는 행, 데이트라인 demarkacinė laiko linija laika demarkācijas līnija garisan penentu tarikh di Lautan Pasifik di timur dan barat datumgrens datolinje linia zmiany daty meridiano meridian демаркационная линия (суточного) времени dátumová čiara (180 poludník) datumska meja datumska granica datumlinje, datumgräns เส้นที่ลากผ่านมหาสมุทรแปซิฟิคจากทิศเหนือจรดทิศใต้หรือทิศตะวันออกจรดทิศตะวันตกบนแผนที่ uluslararası tarih çizgisi 國際日期變更線,日界線,日期欄 демаркаційна лінія добового часу نقشوں پر بنائی گئی بحر الکاہل سے گزرنے والی شمال سے جنوب کو جانے والی لکیر جس کے مشرق اور مغرب میں تاریخ مختلف ہوتی ہے múi giờ 日期线线日期
out of date
1 old-fashioned This coat is out of date. verouder, uit die mode قَديم ، خارِج الموضَه остарял zastaralý gammeldags veraltet ξεπερασμένος, απαρχαιωμένος, παλιομοδίτικος desfasado, pasado de moda iganenud از مد افتاده؛ قدیمی vanhanaikainen démodé מְיוּשָׁן पुराना फैशन zastario elavult kuno úr tísku, gamaldags fuori moda 時代遅れの 구식의 išėjęs iš mados nemoderns; vecmodīgs kuno uit de tijd gammeldags, umoderne przestarzały fora de moda demodat старомодный staromódny staromoden zastareo omodern, gammalmodig ล้าสมัย modası geçmiş, eski moda 過時的 такий, що вийшов з ужитку; несучасний پرانے رواج کا lỗi thời
2 no longer able to be (legally) used; no longer valid Your ticket is out of date / very out-of-date; an out-of-date directory. nie meer geldig بَطُلَ اسْتِعْمالُه невалиден prošlý, propadlý udløbet verfallen άκυρος anticuado, pasado de moda, caducado aegunud تاریخ گذشته؛ باطل vanhentunut périmé פָּג תוֹקפּוֹ कानूनी रूप से उपयोग की तिथि पार कर जाना kojem je istekao rok valjanosti lejárt, érvénytelen kedaluwarsa úreltur scaduto 有効期限が過ぎた 사용 불가능한, 유효 기간이 지난 pasenęs, nebegaliojantis novecojis; nederīgs tamat tempoh niet meer geldig foreldet, ugyldig, gått ut nieważny, nieaktualny desactualizado ieşit din uz устарелый neplatný zastarel zastareo ogiltig เลิกใช้แล้ว süresi dolmuş, tarihi geçmiş 廢棄的 прострочений متروک hết hạn
to date
up to the present time This is the best entry we've received to date. tot op hede حَتّى الآن، حَتّى السّاعَه досега dodnes, až dosud til dato; indtil nu bis heute μέχρι σήμερα hasta la fecha tänini تا کنون tähän mennessä à ce jour עַדכָּנִי अभी तक do danas, do današnjeg dana eddig sampai sekarang hingað til sinora, fino a oggi 現在まで 지금까지 iki šiol līdz šim brīdim sehingga kini tot nu toe til dags dato do tej pory até à data până acum до сих пор doteraz do danes do sada hittills, till dato ขึ้นอยู่กับเวลาปัจจุบัน bugüne kadar 到此刻為止 на сьогодні اب تک ، آج تک cho đến giờ 此刻
up to date
1 completed etc up to the present time Is the catalogue up to date?; an up-to-date catalogue. op datum مُجَدَّد، مُجَارٍ، حتّى الآن завършен aktuální, současný opdateret; ajourført aktuell ενημερωμένος, συμπληρωμένος με τα πιο πρόσφατα στοιχεία al día, actualizado uuendatud مطابق آخرین روش ajantasainen à jour מְעוּדכַּן नूतन ažuriran, suvremen korszerű, naprakész mutakhir miðaður við daginn í dag aggiornato 最新の atnaujintas, naujausias jaunāko informāciju saturošs terbaru bijgewerkt ajour(ført), oppdatert aktualny, zaktualizowany actualizado updatat, la zi новейший aktuálny najnovejši savremen aktuell ตามสมัย güncel, en son bilgileri içeren 最新的 поточний; сучасний مکمل cập nhật
2 modern and in touch with the latest ideas This method is up to date / very up-to-date; an up-to-date method. modern/ nuwerwets, op hoogte van die tyd wees حَديث، مُجارٍ للعَصْر съвременен moderní, nejnovější moderne; tidssvarende modern σύγχρονος actualizado, moderno ajakohane مطابق آخرین روش؛ امروزی ajanmukainen moderne לְפִי הָאֳפנָה आधुनिक aktualan modern modern í samræmi við nÿjustu tísku/tækni moderno 最新式の šiuolaikinis, modernus moderns moden bij de tijd tidsmessig, moderne nowoczesny actualizado updatat, modern современный moderný sodoben savremen fullt modern, med sin tid, tidsenlig, aktuell ทันสมัย modern, çağdaş 現代的 сучасний مروجہ طریقہ đúng mốt


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