dated

B2
US /ˈdeɪtɪd/
adj verb Freq #4703

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Marked with a date.

    The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.

  2. 2
    adj

    Outdated.

    "Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus.

  3. 3
    adj

    Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.

    Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else.

  4. 4
    adj

    No longer fashionable.

    Slang can become dated very quickly.

  5. 5
    adj

    Alotted a span of days.

    Then ſtrike vp Drum, and al the ſtarres that make The loathſome Circle of my dated life, Direct my weapon to his barbarous heart, That thus oppoſeth him againſt the Gods, And ſcornes the Powers that gouerne Perſea.

  6. 6
    adj

    marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

  7. 7
    verb

    simple past and past participle of date

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · outdated. outdated
3 adj · anachronistic; being... anachronous
4 adj · no longer fashionable. démodé
More anachronisticobsoleteold-fashionedretrounfashionable
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms afterdateddatedlydatednessnondatedshort-dated

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