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[edit] Etymology 1

From French datte, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (“finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably from a Semitic source such as Arabic دقل (dáqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”).

[edit] Noun

date (plural dates)

  1. (botany) The fruit of the date palm. This sweet fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
    We made a nice cake from dates.
  2. (botany) The date palm itself.
    There were a few dates planted around the house.
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fruit of the date palm
date palm — see date palm

[edit] Etymology 2

From 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

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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.
    • (Can we date this quote?) John Dryden,
      And bonds without a date, they say, are void.
      US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
      the date for pleading
  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.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Mark Akenside,
      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.
    Do you know the date of the wedding?
    We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.
  3. A point in time
    You may need that at a later date.
  4. (rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope,
      What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date.
  5. (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Edmund Spenser,
      Good luck prolonged hath thy date.
    • (Can we date this quote?) George Chapman (translator), Homer (author), The Odysseys of Homer, Volume 1, Book IV,[1] lines 282–5,
      As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date,
      Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state,
      Both in his age to keep in peace his house,
      And to have children wise and valorous.
  6. A pre-arranged social meeting.
    I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
  7. A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
    I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.
  8. A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
    We really hit it off on the first date, so we decided to meet the week after.
    We slept together on the first date.
    The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.
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[edit] Translations
that which specifies the time of writing, inscription etc.
point of time at which a transaction or event takes place
point in time
assigned end; conclusion
obsolete: given or assigned length of life
pre-arranged social meeting
companion when one is partaking in a social occasion
meeting with a lover or potential lover; a person so met

[edit] Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
    to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter
    • (Can we date this quote?) Joseph Addison
      You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.
    • 1801 [1796 January], William Cobbett, A New Year's Gift, Porcupine's works, footnote, page 430,
      I keep to the very words of the letter ; but that, by " this State," is meant the State of Pennsylvania, cannot be doubted, especially when we see that the letter is dated at Philadelphia.
    • 1913 [1863], Marcus Aurelius, George Long (translator), Matthew Arnold (essay), The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus, G. Bell and Sons, page 227,
      In these countries much of his Journal seems to have been written ; parts of it are dated from them ; and there, a few weeks before his fifty-ninth birthday, he fell sick and died.
  2. (transitive) To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.
  3. (transitive) To determine the age of something.
    to date the building of the pyramids.
  4. (transitive) To take (someone) on a series of dates.
  5. (transitive) to have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with
    • 2008, NEWS.com.au - Jessica Simpson upset John Mayer dating Jennifer Aniston, May 15
      Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex- boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.
  6. (intransitive) of a couple, to be in a romantic relationship
  7. (intransitive) To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
    This show hasn't dated well.
  8. (intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
    • (Can we date this quote?) E. Everett
      The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.
[edit] 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
to become old
to begin
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  • (To note the time of writing): We may say dated at or from a place.

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Latin decem

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date

  1. (cardinal) ten

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date f. (plural dates)

  1. date (point in time)

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date

  1. past participle of dar

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date f.

  1. Plural form of data.

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date

  1. second-person plural present tense of dare
  2. second-person plural imperative of dare
  3. feminine plural of dato, past participle of dare

[edit] Latin

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date

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dō

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date

  1. vocative masculine singular of datus

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date f. (oblique plural dates, nominative singular date, nominative plural dates)

  1. date (fruit)

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date (infinitive dar)

  1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dar, da and the pronoun te.
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