Definition for: date

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English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1

1. Botany: French datte , Latin dactylus , from Greek, probably not the same word as finger, but of Semitic origin.

Noun

date ( plural dates )

1. ( botany ) The fruit of the date palm. This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome, and inclosing a hard kernel.
2. ( botany ) The date palm itself.

Translations

fruit of the date palm

date palm

• Belarusian : фінік (finik) m .
• Bulgarian : фурма (furma) f .
• Czech : datle
• Ukrainian : фінік (finik) m .

Derived terms

• date palm or date tree (Botany): the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Phoenix dactylifera
• date plum (Botany): the fruit of several species of Diospyros , including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus ( Diospyros lotus )
• date shell or date fish (Zoölogy): a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas , and allied genera. See Pholas .

Etymology 2

1. French date , Late Latin data , from Latin datus given, past participle of dare to give; akin to Greek, Old Slavonic dati , Sanskrit dā . Compare datum, dose, Dato, Die

Noun

date ( plural dates )

1. 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.

   Quotations

   • And bonds without a date , they say, are void. - Dryden

   Derived expressions

   • To bear date , to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing

2. 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. A specific day.

   Quotations

   • He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fixed the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest. - Akenside

3. A point in time, as in You may need that at a later date.
4. ( rare ) Assigned end; conclusion.

   Quotations

   • What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date . - Pope

5. ( obsolete ) Given or assigned length of life; dyration.

   Quotations

   • Good luck prolonged hath thy date . - Spenser
   • Through his life's whole date . - Chapman

6. A pre-arranged social meeting
7. A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
8. ( Australian slang ) anus.

Translations

That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc

The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place

A point in time

Assigned end; conclusion

Obsolete: Given or assigned length of life

A pre-arranged social meeting

A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion

Transitive verb

to date ( third-person singular simple present dates , present participle dating , simple past dated , past participle dated )

1. 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
2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids

   Note : We may say dated at or from a place.

   Quotations

   • The letter is dated at Philadephia. - G. T. Curtis
   • You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois. - Addison
   • In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them. - M. Arnold

3. To determine the age of something
4. To take (someone) on a series of dates

Translations

To note the time of writing or executing

To note or fix the time of, as of an event

To determine the age of something

To take (someone) on a series of dates

Intransitive Verb

to date ( third-person singular simple present dates , present participle dating , simple past dated , past participle dated )

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

   Quotations

   • The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. - E. Everett

Translations

To begin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dat/

Noun

date f . ( plural dates )

1. date ( point in time )

Other Translations for "date"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		-.. .- - .
Binary		1100100 1100001 1110100 1100101
Hex		64617465
Pig Latin		ateday

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