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Date   /deɪt/   Listen
Date

noun
1.
The specified day of the month.  Synonym: day of the month.
2.
A participant in a date.  Synonym: escort.
3.
A meeting arranged in advance.  Synonyms: appointment, engagement.
4.
A particular but unspecified point in time.  Synonym: particular date.
5.
The present.  "We haven't heard from them to date"
6.
The particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred.
7.
A particular day specified as the time something happens.
8.
Sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed.
verb
(past & past part. dated; pres. part. dating)
1.
Go on a date with.
2.
Stamp with a date.  Synonym: date stamp.
3.
Assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of.
4.
Date regularly; have a steady relationship with.  Synonyms: go out, go steady, see.  "He is dating his former wife again!"
5.
Provide with a dateline; mark with a date.



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"Date" Quotes from Famous Books



... declared the inexorable voice. "And written by herself. Here is her signature which I have obtained; and here is his. Compare them at your leisure with their initials inscribed according to the date there, sixteen years or more ago. Now where were these two—this man and this woman—at the time just designated? Alone, or together? Let us see if we can find out," pursued the detective with a quiet ignoring of the effect he had produced, which revealed him as the master of a situation ...
— The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow • Anna Katharine Green
... the Genevese were well founded. In June, 1559, and but a few days before the date of Calvin's letter, Philip the Second made the offer to the French king, through the Duke of Alva, then in Paris, to aid him in exterminating the Protestants of France. Henry declined for the moment ...
— The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) • Henry Martyn Baird
... work of God, and [a result of] the perseverance of Don Sebastian, who ever said that all must die or capture the stronghold. Somewhat more than two hundred Christians and more than one hundred Moro women have come from the stronghold during this time. All the Moro women are fearful. Up to date eighty-three Spaniards have died from wounds, and many of ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 28 of 55) • Various
... the most splendid sunshine, two old people; an old, old seaman, and his old, old wife. They had great-grand-children, and were soon to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage; but they could not exactly recollect the date: and old Granny sat in the tree, and looked as pleased as now. 'I know the date,' said she; but those below did not hear her, for they were ...
— Andersen's Fairy Tales • Hans Christian Andersen
... you last night as I did, but I love you so dearly that I want to get you for life and don't wish to run any risk of losing what I treasure most on earth. I am making arrangements so that we can get married at the very earliest date, which I believe is three days from ...
— Sparrows - The Story of an Unprotected Girl • Horace W. C. Newte


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