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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.3 Usage notes 1.4 Anagrams 2 Aromanian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Numeral 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Noun 4.2 Verb 5 Spanish 5.1 Verb

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /deɪt/
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• Rhymes: -eɪt

[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.
2. (botany) The date palm itself.

[edit] 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.

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[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

[edit] 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.
   • (A date for this quote is being sought): 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.
   • (A date for this quote is being sought): 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.

3. A point in time, as in You may need that at a later date.
4. (rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
   • (A date for this quote is being sought): Alexander Pope,

     What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date.

5. (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
   • (A date for this quote is being sought): Edmund Spenser,

     Good luck prolonged hath thy date.

   • (A date for this quote is being sought): 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.
7. A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
8. A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
9. (Australian slang) anus.

[edit] Derived terms

• bear date (“‘(of a writing) have the date named on the face of it’”)
• blind date
• date night
• speed date

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[edit] Verb

to 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; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter

   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. - Joseph Addison

   In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them. - M. Arnold

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; as, to date the building of the pyramids.
4. (transitive) To take (someone) on a series of dates.
5. (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.

6. (intransitive) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from

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

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[edit] Usage notes

• (To note the time of writing): We may say dated at or from a place.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adet
• AEDT
• EDTA
• TAED

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[edit] Aromanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin decem

[edit] Numeral

date

1. (cardinal) ten

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /dat/

[edit] Noun

date f. (plural dates)

1. date (point in time)

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

date f.

1. Plural form of data.

[edit] Verb

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

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

date (infinitive: dar)

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