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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out-of-date,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

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