date

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. The date palm.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand) The anus.

Verb

1. (transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
2. (transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
3. (transitive) To determine the age of something.
4. (transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
5. (broadly, transitive) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
6. (broadly, reciprocal) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
7. (ambitransitive) To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
8. (intransitive) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

Synonyms

appointment

rendezvous

time

⌚

term

period

day

meeting

tryst

epoch

go out

deadline

assignation

engagement

era

age

see

👀

date palm

go steady

moment

day of the month

date stamp

dating

rendez-vous

court

escort

companion

instant

date-palm

time limit

particular date

season

second

2nd

meet

engage

converse

encounters

due date

consort

boyfriend

interview

hobnob

commitment

agreement

group

girlfriend

dates

collectivity

get together

fumble

friend

Translations

date

📅

datte

📅

data

📅

Datum

📅

rendez-vous

📅

fecha

📅

dattero

📅

Dattel

📅

dater

📅

datare

📅

appuntamento

dadel

📅

data

📅

cita

📅

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: date

In summary

From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus (likely via Old Provençal datil), 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”). Doublet of dactyl and dactylus.

Sentences

There is no set release date for the game .

His earliest works date from this period .

Bonner's most important writings date from this time .

No wonder this vanilla yogurt tastes disgusting: Its eat-by date was last year .