Meaning

11 senses

  1. The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.

    We made a nice cake from dates.

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

  2. The date palm.

    There were a few dates planted around the house.

    Dattel

    фи́никfínik

    фі́нікfínik

    a participant in a date

  3. (Australia, New Zealand)The anus.

  4. The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.

    the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.

    US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.

    Datum

    да́таdáta, число́čisló

    да́таdáta, число́čysló

  5. A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.

    the date for pleading

    The start date for the festival is September 2.

    Datum, Zeitpunkt, Termin

    да́таdáta, число́čisló, деньdenʹ

    да́таdáta, число́čysló, деньdenʹ

  6. A point in time.

    You may need that at a later date.

    Zeitpunkt, Verabredung

    вре́мяvrémja

    a particular day specified as the time something happens

  7. (rare)An assigned end; a conclusion.

    Ende

    срокsrok

  8. A pre-arranged meeting.

    I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.

    Treffen, Verabredung

    встре́чаvstréča, свида́ниеsvidánije

    побаченняpobačennja

    a meeting arranged in advance

  9. One's companion for social activities or occasions, especially a romantic partner.

    I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.

  10. A romantic meeting or outing 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.

    The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.

    Rendezvous, Date, Verabredung

    свида́ниеsvidánije, рандеву́randɛvú

    поба́ченняpobáčennja

  11. (obsolete)A given or assigned length of life; duration.

    Zeit

    срокsrok, векvek

Examples

3024 sentences

  1. How long have you been dating?

    Скільки ви вже зустрічаєтеся?

    ruКак долго вы встречаетесь?

    deWie lange seid ihr schon zusammen?

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  2. I asked her for a date.

    Я запросив її на побачення.

    ruЯ пригласил её на свидание.

    deIch bat sie um ein Rendezvous.

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  3. May I have your birth date?

    Можу я дізнатися вашу дату народження?

    ruМогу я узнать вашу дату рождения?

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  4. Could you suggest an alternative date?

    Ви не могли б запропонувати іншу дату?

    deKönntest du ein anderes Datum vorschlagen?

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  5. Are you two dating each other?

    Ви двоє зустрічаєтеся?

    ruВы двое встречаетесь?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
fruit of the date palm:
that which specifies the time of writing, inscription etc.:
point of time at which a transaction or event takes place:
pre-arranged social meeting:
meeting with a lover or potential lover; a person so met:
Русский
By meaning 8
fruit of the date palm:
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:
meeting with a lover or potential lover; a person so met:
Deutsch
By meaning 8
fruit of the date palm:
that which specifies the time of writing, inscription etc.:
point of time at which a transaction or event takes place:
companion when one is partaking in a social occasion:
assigned end; conclusion:
obsolete: given or assigned length of life:
pre-arranged social meeting:
meeting with a lover or potential lover; a person so met:

Origin

From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus (likel

From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus (likely via Old Provençal datil), from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably a folk-etymological alteration of a word from a Semitic source such as Arabic دَقَل (daqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”). Doublet of dactyl and dactylus. Displaced native Old English fingeræppel, literally "finger-apple".

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Forms

plural: dates
Singulardate
Pluraldates

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

77 related words
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Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • on a date
  • dating each other
  • a date with
  • had a date
  • started dating
  • dating a girl
  • dating each
  • used to date
  • a blind date
  • has been dating
  • up to date
  • blind date

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