dating B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈdeɪtɪŋ/ UK /ˈdeɪt.ɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #1878 Meanings 1 noun The activity of going out with people to find a romantic partner. Online dating has become very popular in recent years. 2 noun The process of working out how old something is. Carbon dating showed the bones were thousands of years old. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms age-datingantidatingcyberdatinghyperdatinginterdatingnondatingradiodatingteledating Common collocations carbon dating Noun + noun Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dating **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdeɪtɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdeɪt.ɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 1878 ## Meanings 1. The activity of going out with people to find a romantic partner. 2. The process of working out how old something is. ## Examples - Online dating has become very popular in recent years. - Carbon dating showed the bones were thousands of years old. ## Derived Forms - age-dating - antidating - cyberdating - hyperdating - interdating - nondating - radiodating - teledating ## Topics - People & Society markdown