date

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The particular day, month, and year when something happens.

   What is the date of your birthday?

2. 2
   noun

   A romantic meeting arranged in advance.

   They went on their first date to the cinema.

3. 3
   noun

   A person you go on a romantic meeting with.

   He brought his date to the wedding.

4. 4
   verb

   To have a romantic relationship with someone over a period of time.

   They have been dating for almost a year.

Common collocations

• first date Adjective + noun
• set a date Verb + noun
• due date Adjective + noun
• fix a date Verb + noun
• keep a date Verb + noun
• make a date Verb + noun

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.

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