1. a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen: July 4, 1776 was the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
2. the day of the month: Is today's date the 7th or the 8th?
3. an inscription on a writing, coin, etc., that shows the time, or time and place, of writing, casting, delivery, etc.: a letter bearing the date January 16.
4. the time or period to which any event or thing belongs; period in general: Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.
5. the time during which anything lasts; duration: The pity is that childhood has so short a date.
6. an appointment for a particular time: They have a date with their accountant at ten o'clock.
7. a social appointment or engagement arranged beforehand with another person, especially when a romantic relationship exists or may develop: to go out on a Saturday night date.
8. a person with whom one has such a social appointment or engagement: Can I bring a date to the party?
9. an engagement for an entertainer to perform.
10. the birth and death dates, usually in years, of a person: Dante's dates are 1265 to 1321.

11. to have or bear a date: The letter dates from 1873.
12. to belong to a particular period; have its origin: That dress dates from the 19th century. The architecture dates as far back as 1830.
13. to reckon from some point in time: The custom dates from the days when women wore longer skirts.
14. to go out socially on dates: She dated a lot during high school.

15. to mark or furnish with a date: Please date the check as of today.
16. to ascertain or fix the period or point in time of; assign a period or point in time to: The archaeologist dated the ruins as belonging to the early Minoan period.
17. to show the age of; show to be old-fashioned.
18. to make a date with; go out on dates with: He's been dating his best friend's sister.

19. up to the present time; until now: This is his best book to date.
20. See entry at up-to-date.

1. the oblong, fleshy fruit of the date palm, a staple food in northern Africa, Arabia, etc., and an important export.

1. a specified day of the month
2. the particular day or year of an event
3. the years of a person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of an event or period
4. an inscription on a coin, letter, etc, stating when it was made or written
• an appointment for a particular time, esp with a person to whom one is sexually or romantically attached
• the person with whom the appointment is made
6. the present moment; now (esp in the phrases to date, up to date)

7. to mark (a letter, coin, etc) with the day, month, or year
8. to assign a date of occurrence or creation to
9. to have originated (at a specified time)
10. to reveal the age of
11. to make or become old-fashioned
12. informal, mainly US and Canadian
• to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone of the opposite sex)
• to accompany (a member of the opposite sex) on a date

1. the fruit of the date palm, having sweet edible flesh and a single large woody seed
2. short for date palm

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