Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.

    Janet was surprised at how much casual dating had changed since she was last single.

    We met on a popular dating app.

    Stelldichein, Partnersuche, Dating

    уха́живаниеuxáživanije, свида́нияsvidánija

  2. (countable, uncountable)An estimation of the age of an artifact, biological vestige, linguistic usage, etc.

    Datierung

    дати́рованиеdatírovanije

  3. (countable, uncountable)The setting of a date on which an event or transaction is to take place or take effect.

More definitions
  • use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a form of romantic courtship:
process of estimating the age of something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a form of romantic courtship:
process of estimating the age of something:

Forms

plural: datings
Singulardating
Pluraldatings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens:geological dating

Word family

11 related words

See also

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