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What does date mean?

Definitions for date
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word date.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. date, day of the monthnoun

    the specified day of the month

    "what is the date today?"

  2. date, escortnoun

    a participant in a date

    "his date never stopped talking"

  3. date, appointment, engagementnoun

    a meeting arranged in advance

    "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

  4. date, particular datenoun

    a particular but unspecified point in time

    "they hoped to get together at an early date"

  5. datenoun

    the present

    "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"

  6. datenoun

    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"

  7. datenoun

    a particular day specified as the time something happens

    "the date of the election is set by law"

  8. dateverb

    sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

  9. dateverb

    go on a date with

    "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"

  10. date, date stampverb

    stamp with a date

    "The package is dated November 24"

  11. dateverb

    assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of

    "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"

  12. go steady, go out, date, seeverb

    date regularly; have a steady relationship with

    "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"

  13. dateverb

    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"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DATEnoun

    Etymology: datte, Fr. from datum, Latin.

    His days and times are past,
    And my reliance on his fracted dates
    Has smit my credit. William Shakespeare, Timon.

    My father’s promise ties me not to time;
    And bonds, without a date, they say are void. Dryden.

    What time would spare, from steel receives its date;
    And monuments, like men, submit to fate. Alexander Pope.

    Could the declining of this fate, O friend,
    Our date to immortality extend? John Denham.

    Then raise,
    From the conflagrant mass, purg’d, and refin’d,
    New heav’ns, new earth, ages of endless date,
    Founded in righteousness. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    Hold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, nurse.
    ———— They call for dates and quinces in the pastry. William Shakespeare.

  2. To Dateverb

    To note with the time at which any thing is written or done.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    ’Tis all one, in respect of eternal duration yet behind, whether we begin the world so many millions of ages ago, or date from the late æra of about six thousand years. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

    To all their dated backs he turns you round;
    These Aldus printed, those Du Süeil has bound. Alexander Pope, Epist.

ChatGPT

  1. date

    A date is a specific day in a calendar, typically identified by a combination of a day, month, and year. It can also refer to a social or romantic outing with another person. In terms of data, a date can represent a specific point in time.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Datenoun

    the fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself

  2. Datenoun

    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; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc

  3. Datenoun

    the point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle

  4. Datenoun

    assigned end; conclusion

  5. Datenoun

    given or assigned length of life; dyration

  6. Dateverb

    to note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter

  7. Dateverb

    to note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids

  8. Dateverb

    to have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from

  9. Etymology: [F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. , prob. not the same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Date

    dāt, n. the time of any event: a stipulated time: age, period of time.—v.t. to affix the date to.—v.t. to reckon: to begin.—adj. Date′less, without date: without fixed limit: undatable.—Out of date, antiquated; Up to date, adapted or corrected to the present time: modern. [O. Fr. date—L. datum, as in datum Romæ = given or written at Rome.]

  2. Date

    dāt, n. the fruit of the date-palm.—ns. Date′-palm, Date′-tree, the tree on which it grows, a native of the northern half of Africa and the south-west of Asia; Date′-plum; Date′-sug′ar. [Fr. datte—L. dactylus—Gr. daktylos, a finger.]

Editors Contribution

  1. date

    A note of calendar time on a document.

    The date for the wedding was known and they were very excited.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020  

  2. date

    A specific day with a number, month and year.

    The date is always on the right hand side of the computer or laptop screen.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020  

  3. date

    A type of fruit, cultivar, plant and seed.

    The date fruit is produced by the date palm tree and is an important source of income and food for many people and countries across the world.


    Submitted by MaryC on May 31, 2016  

  4. datenoun

    The year, month, and day. 1.) A digital to analog a cleared space in the grid of time. 2.) A particular day or year when a given event occurred or will occur specifically by a number. 3.) A social or romantic appointment or engagement. A person with whom one has such an engagement.

    The specific days that we mark as a date are only rememberable when there is, or was a special person around in calculation.

    Etymology: Stage


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on March 5, 2024  

  5. date

    To share time with a person with a view to a romantic relationship.

    We loved to date then and love to create date nights together at our family house now.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DATE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Date is ranked #37735 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Date surname appeared 589 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Date.

    43.4% or 256 total occurrences were White.
    32% or 189 total occurrences were Asian.
    13% or 77 total occurrences were Black.
    6.7% or 40 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    3% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'date' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #595

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'date' in Written Corpus Frequency: #962

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'date' in Nouns Frequency: #218

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'date' in Verbs Frequency: #520

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

Anagrams for date »

  1. adet

  2. tade

  3. tead

  4. teda

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of date in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of date in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of date in a Sentence

  1. Brittney Griner:

    We were astonished at how up to date he was on Austin's case and how committed his to getting him home.

  2. Donald Trump:

    You know in April, supposedly, it dies with the hotter weather. And that's a beautiful date to look forward to, donald Trump know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat -- as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April.

  3. Paul Ashworth:

    September is still the most likely (rate) lift-off date, but July is not out of the question, particularly not if we get another couple of robust rises in core consumer prices in May and June.

  4. Kamau Bell:

    We put up a date in Portland that's in September, and it sold out in a week, for me, that was superfast for a date to sell out. I think the special had something to do with that. Sometimes with the HBO special, even if people didn't have HBO, that sometimes legitimized you in and of itself. Netflix has now taken that spot.

  5. Rick Perry:

    I don't want to give you a date specific.

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Translations for date

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  • لقاء الحب, مُوَاعَدَة, تَمْرَة, تاريخ, موعد, مَوْعِد, أرخArabic
  • xurmaAzerbaijani
  • фінікBelarusian
  • финик, дата, среща, срок, време, фурма, датирамBulgarian
  • খেজুরBengali
  • datezenn, emgav, datez, deiziad, deiziañBreton
  • cita, dàtil, data, quedar, sortirCatalan, Valencian
  • schůzka, datum, datle, stárnout, datovat, choditCzech
  • dyddiad, oedWelsh
  • date, tidspunkt, rendezvous, stævnemøde, daddel, datering, ledsager, dato, tidsfæste, datere, komme sammen med, gå ud med, tidsbestemmeDanish
  • Verabredung, Zeit, Stelldichein, Zeitpunkt, Datum, Date, Dattel, Rendezvous, Treffen, Ende, ausgehen, daten, datierenGerman
  • χουρμάς, συνάντηση, ημερομηνίαGreek
  • daktilo, dato, fino, tempo, rendevuo, rendevui, dati, datiĝiEsperanto
  • compañero, fecha, dátil, data, compañera, cita, fechar, citarSpanish
  • tähtaeg, dattel, kuupäev, kaaslane, kohtumine, kohtamine, eluiga, hetkEstonian
  • datilBasque
  • قرار, خرما, تاریخ, خرمارطبPersian
  • avec, tapaaminen, seuralainen, määränpää, kohtalo, heila, päivämäärä, määrä, ajankohta, treffit, taateli, päiväys, kumppani, aika, tapailla, ajoittaa, vanhentua, päivätä, alkaa, määrittää, ikä, vanheta, ikääntyä, seurustellaFinnish
  • dadlaFaroese
  • rendez-vous d'amour, rendez-vous, datte, date, vieillir, dater, rendez-vous amoureuxFrench
  • coinne, dátaIrish
  • ceann-latha, deitScottish Gaelic
  • dataGalician
  • תאריך, פגישה, תמר, לתארךHebrew
  • खजूर, तारीख़Hindi
  • randi, találkozó, nap, keltezés, időpont, datolya, dátum, randevú, udvarolHungarian
  • արմավ, ժամադրություն, խուրմա, թվականArmenian
  • kencan, tanggal, kurmaIndonesian
  • dagsetning, stefnumót, daðlaIcelandic
  • dattero, data, cavaliere, appuntamento, incontro, accompagnatore, datareItalian
  • 逢引, デート, ナツメヤシの実, 日付, デーツ, 年月日, 交際する, デートする, 付き合うJapanese
  • kurma, kormaJavanese
  • ფინიკი, თარიღი, პაემანიGeorgian
  • құрмаKazakh
  • លម៉ើ, កាលបរិច្ឆេទKhmer
  • 만날 약속, 월일, 데이트, 날자, 대추, 연월일, 데이트하다Korean
  • خورماKurdish
  • курмаKyrgyz
  • palmula, dies, tempus, diemLatin
  • pasimatymas, datulė, data, datuotiLithuanian
  • randiņš, termiņš, datums, satikšanās, laiks, datele, tikšanāsLatvian
  • состанок, рок, датула, датум, урма, век, датира, се гледа, застаруваMacedonian
  • хасарваань, ѳдѳрMongolian
  • tamar, tanggal, kurma, tarikhMalay
  • tamraMaltese
  • datoNorwegian
  • tijdstip, dadel, datum, afspraak, levensduur, afspraakje, einde, daten, daterenDutch
  • datoNorwegian Nynorsk
  • date, daddel, datering, noledsagerinne, ledsager, stevnemøte, begynne med, sette dato, datere, eldesNorwegian
  • hashkʼaan, yoołkááł, hashkʼaan dijéʼéNavajo, Navaho
  • randka, data, spotkanie, osoba towarzysząca, towarzysz, daktyl, towarzyszka, spotykać się, datować, starzeć się, chodzićPolish
  • encontro, fim, data, validade, tâmara, acompanhante, datar, marcar, envelhecer, sairPortuguese
  • întâlnire, finic, curmală, datăRomanian
  • срок, число, рандеву, свидание, век, встреча, финик, дата, датироваться, устаревать, датировать, устареть, встречаться, восходитьRussian
  • खजूरSanskrit
  • финик, датум, finik, датуља, datum, sastanak, urma, састанак, spoj, спој, randes, datulja, урма, nadnevakSerbo-Croatian
  • rande, schôdzka, datľa, dátumSlovak
  • sréčanje, datum, dateljSlovene
  • datum, träff, tidpunkt, dadel, datering, dejt, åldersbestämma, datera, gå ut med, åldras, träffaSwedish
  • tendeSwahili
  • பேரீச்சம்பழம், தித்திTamil
  • ఖర్జూరము, తేదిTelugu
  • хурмоTajik
  • ผลอินทผลัม, วันที่, นัดThai
  • hurmaTurkmen
  • hurma, tarih, buluşma, randevuTurkish
  • хөрмәTatar
  • дата, фінікUkrainian
  • تاریخUrdu
  • xurmoUzbek
  • ngày tháng, hẹn hò, hẹn, ngày, trái chà là, hẹn gặpVietnamese
  • daetVolapük
  • טרעפֿונג, דאַטעYiddish

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