date

date · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A particular day of the month or year specified by a number.

  2. 2.

    A social or romantic appointment or engagement.

  3. 3.

    A person with whom one has a social or romantic engagement.

  4. 4.

    The sweet, dark-brown fruit of the date palm.

  5. 5.

    To assign or determine the age or time period of something.

  6. 6.

    To go out with someone romantically.

  7. 7.

    To become old-fashioned or outdated.

Forms

plural: dates

Related words

See also: appointment, calendar, day
Synonyms: appointment, day, rendezvous

Etymology

From Old French date, from Medieval Latin data, from Latin dare meaning "to give." The phrase data Romae ("given at Rome") was used in letters to indicate when they were sent. The romantic sense developed in the early 20th century in American English.