date*/*/*/

[deɪt] noun [C] I

1) a particular day, month, or year, or its name or number

What was the date of the last meeting we had?[/ex]

‘What's today's date?' ‘The 25th.'[/ex]

Should we set a date for the next meeting (= decide when it will happen)?[/ex]

The exact details of the scheme will be worked out at a later date (= at some time in the future).[/ex]

2) an arrangement to meet someone who you are having a romantic relationship with

I've got a date with one of the boys on my course tonight.[/ex]

3) a brown fruit that grows on PALM trees

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date of birth — the day, month, and year when you were born[/ex]

make a date (with sb) — to arrange to meet someone on a particular day[/ex]

to date — formal until now[/ex]

There have been no reports of car theft to date.[/ex]

See:

out-of-date,

up-to-date

II

verb

date */*/[deɪt]

1) [T] to write the date on something

The letter was dated 23 February.[/ex]

2) [T] to discover exactly how old something is or when it was made

The paintings have not yet been accurately dated by the museum's experts.[/ex]

3) [I] to seem to be no longer modern or fashionable

This style has hardly dated at all.[/ex]

4) [I/T] American

to have a sexual or romantic relationship with someone

They've been dating for over six months now.[/ex]

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- date from sth