date

Noun

• sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

• a particular day specified as the time something happens
  • the date of the election is set by law
    

• the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
  • he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class
    

• the present
  • they are up to date
    
  • we haven't heard from them to date
    

• a particular but unspecified point in time
  • they hoped to get together at an early date
    

• a meeting arranged in advance
  • she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
    

• a participant in a date
  • his date never stopped talking
    

• the specified day of the month
  • what is the date today?
    

Verb

• provide with a dateline; mark with a date
  • She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated
    

• date regularly; have a steady relationship with
  • Did you know that she is seeing an older man?
    
  • He is dating his former wife again!
    

• assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
  • Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings
    

• stamp with a date
  • The package is dated November 24
    

• go on a date with
  • Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  particular date , appointment , engagement , escort , day of the month , go steady , go out , see , date stamp