Noun
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sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
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a particular day specified as the time something happens
"the date of the election is set by law"
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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"
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the present
"they are up to date"
"we haven't heard from them to date"
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a particular but unspecified point in time
"they hoped to get together at an early date"
- particular date -
a meeting arranged in advance
"she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
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a participant in a date
"his date never stopped talking"
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the specified day of the month
"what is the date today?"
- day of the month
Verb
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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"
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date regularly
have a steady relationship with
"Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"
"He is dating his former wife again!"
- go steady - go out -
assign a date to
determine the (probable) date of
"Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"
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stamp with a date
"The package is dated November 24"
- date stamp -
go on a date with
"Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"