date
♦♦ date /d'eɪt/ (dates dating dated)
1 [N-COUNT]
A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.
What's the date today?...
You will need to give the dates you wish to stay and the number of rooms you require.
2 [VERB] V n, V n to n
If you date something, you give or discover the date when it was made or when it began.
I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely...
Archaeologists have dated the fort to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.
3 [VERB] V n, V-ed
When you date something such as a letter or a cheque, you write that day's date on it.
Once the decision is reached, he can date and sign the sheet...
The letter is dated 2 July 1993.
4 [N-SING] with supp, at N
If you want to refer to an event without saying exactly when it will happen or when it happened, you can say that it will happen or happened at some date in the future or past.
Retain copies of all correspondence, since you may need them at a later date...
5 [PHRASE] PHR with cl
To date means up until the present time.
`Dottie' is by far his best novel to date...
6 [VERB] V
If something dates, it goes out of fashion and becomes unacceptable to modern tastes.
A black coat always looks smart and will never date...
7 [VERB] V n
If your ideas, what you say, or the things that you like or can remember date you, they show that you are quite old or older than the people you are with.
It's going to date me now. I attended that school from 1969 to 1972.
8 [N-COUNT]
A date is an appointment to meet someone or go out with them, especially someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship.
I have a date with Bob...
9 [N-COUNT] usu poss N
If you have a date with someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship, you can refer to that person as your date.
He lied to Essie, saying his date was one of the girls in the show.
10 [V-RECIP] V n, pl-n V
If you are dating someone, you go out with them regularly because you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship with them. You can also say that two people are dating.
For a year I dated a woman who was a research assistant...
They've been dating for three months...
11 [N-COUNT]
A date is a small, dark-brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries.
12
see also blind date, carbon dating, out of date, out of date, up to dateblind date (blind dates)
[N-COUNT]
A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.date back
[PHRASAL VERB] V P to n, V P amount
If something dates back to a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
...a palace dating back to the 16th century...
This tradition dates back over 200 years.date from
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If something dates from a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
The present controversy dates from 1986.date of birth (dates of birth)
[N-COUNT] oft poss N
Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
The registration form showed his date of birth as August 2, 1979.date palm (date palms)
[N-COUNT]
A date palm is a palm tree on which dates grow.date rape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Date rape is when a man rapes a woman after having spent the evening socially with her.out of date
also out-of-date
[ADJ]
Something that is out of date is old-fashioned and no longer useful.
Think how rapidly medical knowledge has gone out of date in recent years.sell-by date (sell-by dates)
1 [N-COUNT]
The sell-by date on a food container is the date by which the food should be sold or eaten before it starts to decay. (BRIT; in AM, use expiration date)
...a piece of cheese four weeks past its sell-by date.
2 [PHRASE] N inflects, v-link PHR
If you say that someone or something is past their sell-by date, you mean they are no longer effective, interesting, or useful. (BRIT)
As a sportsman, he is long past his sell-by date.
1 [N-COUNT]
A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.
What's the date today?...
You will need to give the dates you wish to stay and the number of rooms you require.
2 [VERB] V n, V n to n
If you date something, you give or discover the date when it was made or when it began.
I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely...
Archaeologists have dated the fort to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.
3 [VERB] V n, V-ed
When you date something such as a letter or a cheque, you write that day's date on it.
Once the decision is reached, he can date and sign the sheet...
The letter is dated 2 July 1993.
4 [N-SING] with supp, at N
If you want to refer to an event without saying exactly when it will happen or when it happened, you can say that it will happen or happened at some date in the future or past.
Retain copies of all correspondence, since you may need them at a later date...
5 [PHRASE] PHR with cl
To date means up until the present time.
`Dottie' is by far his best novel to date...
6 [VERB] V
If something dates, it goes out of fashion and becomes unacceptable to modern tastes.
A black coat always looks smart and will never date...
7 [VERB] V n
If your ideas, what you say, or the things that you like or can remember date you, they show that you are quite old or older than the people you are with.
It's going to date me now. I attended that school from 1969 to 1972.
8 [N-COUNT]
A date is an appointment to meet someone or go out with them, especially someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship.
I have a date with Bob...
9 [N-COUNT] usu poss N
If you have a date with someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship, you can refer to that person as your date.
He lied to Essie, saying his date was one of the girls in the show.
10 [V-RECIP] V n, pl-n V
If you are dating someone, you go out with them regularly because you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship with them. You can also say that two people are dating.
For a year I dated a woman who was a research assistant...
They've been dating for three months...
11 [N-COUNT]
A date is a small, dark-brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries.
12
see also blind date, carbon dating, out of date, out of date, up to dateblind date (blind dates)
[N-COUNT]
A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.date back
[PHRASAL VERB] V P to n, V P amount
If something dates back to a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
...a palace dating back to the 16th century...
This tradition dates back over 200 years.date from
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If something dates from a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
The present controversy dates from 1986.date of birth (dates of birth)
[N-COUNT] oft poss N
Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
The registration form showed his date of birth as August 2, 1979.date palm (date palms)
[N-COUNT]
A date palm is a palm tree on which dates grow.date rape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Date rape is when a man rapes a woman after having spent the evening socially with her.out of date
also out-of-date
[ADJ]
Something that is out of date is old-fashioned and no longer useful.
Think how rapidly medical knowledge has gone out of date in recent years.sell-by date (sell-by dates)
1 [N-COUNT]
The sell-by date on a food container is the date by which the food should be sold or eaten before it starts to decay. (BRIT; in AM, use expiration date)
...a piece of cheese four weeks past its sell-by date.
2 [PHRASE] N inflects, v-link PHR
If you say that someone or something is past their sell-by date, you mean they are no longer effective, interesting, or useful. (BRIT)
As a sportsman, he is long past his sell-by date.