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date 1
(dāt)n.
1.
a. The time stated in terms of the day, month, and year: What is the date of your birth?
b. A statement of calendar time, as on a document.
2.
a. A particular point or period of time at which something happened or existed, or is expected to happen: the date of their wedding.
b. dates The years of someone's birth and death: Beethoven's dates were 1770 to 1827.
3. The time during which something lasts; duration: "Summer's lease hath all too short a date" (Shakespeare).
4. The time or historical period to which something belongs: artifacts of a later date.
5. An appointment: a luncheon date with a client. See Synonyms at engagement.
6.
a. An engagement to go out socially with another person, often out of romantic interest.
b. One's companion on such an outing.
7. An engagement for a performance: has four singing dates this month.
v. dat·ed, dat·ing, dates
v.tr.
1. To mark or supply with a date: date a letter.
2. To determine the date of: date a fossil.
3. To betray the age of: Pictures of old cars date the book.
4. To go on a date or dates with.
v.intr.
Idioms: 1. To have origin in a particular time in the past: This statue dates from 500 bc.
2. To become old-fashioned.
3. To go on dates.
out of date
No longer in style; old-fashioned: clothes that went out of date last year.
to date
Until now: To date, only half of those invited have responded.
up to date
In or into accordance with current information, styles, or technology: brought me up to date on the project's status.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin data, from Latin data (Romae), issued (at Rome) (on a certain day), feminine past participle of dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]
dat′a·ble, date′a·ble adj.
dat′er n.
date 2
(dāt)n.
1. The sweet, edible, oblong or oval fruit of the date palm, containing a narrow, hard seed.
2. A date palm.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Old Provençal datil, from Latin dactylus, from Greek daktulos, finger, date (from its shape).]
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date
(deɪt)n
1. a specified day of the month: today's date is October 27.
2. the particular day or year of an event: the date of the Norman Conquest was 1066.
3. (plural) the years of a person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of an event or period
4. an inscription on a coin, letter, etc, stating when it was made or written
5.
a. an appointment for a particular time, esp with a person to whom one is sexually or romantically attached: she has a dinner date.
b. the person with whom the appointment is made
6. the present moment; now (esp in the phrases to date, up to date)
vb
7. (tr) to mark (a letter, coin, etc) with the day, month, or year
8. (tr) to assign a date of occurrence or creation to
9. (intr; foll by from or back to) to have originated (at a specified time): his decline dates from last summer.
10. (tr) to reveal the age of: that dress dates her.
11. to make or become old-fashioned: some good films hardly date at all.
12. informal chiefly
a. to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone of the opposite sex)
b. to accompany (a member of the opposite sex) on a date
[C14: from Old French, from Latin dare to give, as in the phrase epistula data Romae letter handed over at Rome]
ˈdatable, ˈdateable adj
Usage: See at year
date
(deɪt)n
1. (Cookery) the fruit of the date palm, having sweet edible flesh and a single large woody seed
2. (Plants) short for date palm
[C13: from Old French, from Latin, from Greek daktulos finger]
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date1
(deɪt)n., v. dat•ed, dat•ing. n.
1. a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen: July 4, 1776 is an important date in American history.
2. the day of the month: Is today's date the 8th?
3. an inscription on a writing, coin, etc., that shows the time, or time and place, of writing, casting, etc.
4. period in general: at a late date.
5. duration: Childhood has so short a date.
6. an appointment for a particular time, esp. a social engagement arranged beforehand.
7. a person with whom one has such an appointment.
8. an engagement to perform.
9. dates, the birth and death dates, usu. in years, of a person: Dante's dates are 1265 to 1321.
v.i. 10. to have or bear a date: The letter dates from 1873.
11. to belong to a particular period: The architecture dates as far back as 1830.
12. to reckon from some point in time: The custom dates from the Victorian era.
13. to go out socially on dates.
v.t. 14. to furnish with a date.
15. to ascertain the period or point in time of: to date the archaeological ruins.
16. to show to be old-fashioned.
17. to go out on dates with: He's dating his best friend's sister.
Idioms: 1. to date, until now.
2. up to date, in accord with the latest styles, information, or technology.
[1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin data, derivative of dare to give), from the phrase data (Romae) written, given (at Rome)]
dat′a•ble, date′a•ble, adj.
dat′er, n.
date2
(deɪt)n.
the oblong, fleshy fruit of the date palm.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French dade, date < Medieval Latin datil(l)us, Latin dactylus; see dactyl]
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date
Past participle: dated
Gerund: dating
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| Noun | 1. |  date - the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" |
| 2. | date - a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" appointment, engagement, date - a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" blind date - a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them) | |
| 3. |  date - a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"get together, meeting - a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" blind date - a date with a stranger; "she never goes on blind dates" double date - a date in which two couples participate tryst, rendezvous - a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex | |
| 4. | date - a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date" point in time, point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave" | |
| 5. | date - the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date" | |
| 6. | date - the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class" calendar day, civil day - a day reckoned from midnight to midnight calendar year, civil year - the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar calendar month, month - one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month" date of reference, epoch - (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded | |
| 7. | date - a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law" 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" future date - a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen rain date - an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date; "the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday" sell-by date - a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold | |
| 8. | date - sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh date palm, Phoenix dactylifera - tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit | |
| Verb | 1. | date - go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" go out - leave the house to go somewhere; "We never went out when our children were small" double-date - go out on a date with a partner and another couple; "let's double date this Saturday" |
| 2. | date - stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" date - provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated" stamp - to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps" | |
| 3. | date - assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" chronologise, chronologize - establish the order in time of something; "The archivist chronologized the documents" misdate - assign the wrong date to | |
| 4. | date - date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" date - go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" | |
| 5. | date - provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated" date stamp, date - stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" |
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date
noun
1. day, time, occasion, year, anniversary, day of the month There are two important dates for you to remember.
3. appointment, meeting, arrangement, commitment, engagement, rendezvous, tryst, assignation He had made a date with the girl.
4. partner, escort, friend, young man, girlfriend, boyfriend, steady (informal), squeeze (informal), young lady She is his date for the dance.
verb
1. put a date on, determine the date of, assign a date to, fix the period of, ascertain the age of It is difficult to date the relic.
2. become dated, become obsolete, show its age, become old-fashioned, obsolesce It always looks smart and will never date.
3. go out with, take out, go around with, be romantically involved with, go steady with He's been dating her for three months.
date from or date back to (with a time or date as object) come from, belong to, be made in, be built in, originate in, be created in, originate from, exist from, have existed since, bear a date of The palace dates back to the 16th century.
out of date old-fashioned, dated, outdated, old, ancient, obsolete, archaic, unfashionable, antiquated, outmoded, passé, behind the times, obsolescent, unhip (slang), démodé (French), out of the ark (informal) Those boots look really out of date now.
to date up to now, yet, so far, until now, now, as yet, thus far, up to this point, up to the present This is the band's fourth top twenty single to date.
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date
nounA commitment to appear at a certain time and place:
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Translations
фурма
datumdatledatlovníkdatovatschůzka
daddeldatoforældesgå tilbage tilstævnemøde
daktilo
datteleluigahetkkaaslanekohtamine
خرما
päivämääräpäivätäpäiväysseuralainenseurustella
datum
datolyadátumidőpontkeletrandevú
dagsetjadagsetningdaîlastefnumótúreldast
デート日付
날짜
diestempus
attiecinātdateledatētdatumskļūt nemodernam
data
datľadatovaťdátumzastarať
dateljdatumzmenekdatirati
datumtidpunktträffåldrasdadel
วันที่
ngày thángtrái chà là
date
1 [deɪt]A. N
1. (= year, day of month) → fecha f
what's the date today?; what date is it today? → ¿qué fecha es hoy?
date of birth → fecha f de nacimiento
closing date → fecha f tope
at an early date (in the future) → en fecha próxima, dentro de poco
at some future date → en alguna fecha futura
date of issue → fecha f de emisión
at a later date → en una fecha posterior
opening date → fecha f de apertura
to date → hasta la fecha
see also out-of-date, up-to-date
what's the date today?; what date is it today? → ¿qué fecha es hoy?
date of birth → fecha f de nacimiento
closing date → fecha f tope
at an early date (in the future) → en fecha próxima, dentro de poco
at some future date → en alguna fecha futura
date of issue → fecha f de emisión
at a later date → en una fecha posterior
opening date → fecha f de apertura
to date → hasta la fecha
see also out-of-date, up-to-date
2. (= appointment) → cita f, compromiso m; (with girlfriend, boyfriend) → cita f
to have a date with sb → tener una cita con algn
have you got a date tonight? → ¿tienes algún compromiso para esta noche?
to make a date with sb → citarse or quedar con algn
they made a date for eight o'clock → se citaron para las ocho, quedaron a las ocho
to have a date with sb → tener una cita con algn
have you got a date tonight? → ¿tienes algún compromiso para esta noche?
to make a date with sb → citarse or quedar con algn
they made a date for eight o'clock → se citaron para las ocho, quedaron a las ocho
3. (= person one is dating) → pareja f, acompañante mf
who's your date for tonight? → ¿con quién sales esta noche?
who's your date for tonight? → ¿con quién sales esta noche?
4. (= concert etc) → actuación f
B. VT
1. (= put date on) [+ letter] → fechar, poner fecha a
C. VI
1. (= show age) → pasar de moda
D. CPD date rape N → violación f durante una cita amorosa
date stamp N (on library book, fresh food) → sello m de fecha; (= postmark) → matasellos m inv
see also date-stamp
date stamp N (on library book, fresh food) → sello m de fecha; (= postmark) → matasellos m inv
see also date-stamp
date
2 [deɪt] N (Bot) (= fruit) → dátil m (also date palm) → palmera f datileraCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
date
[ˈdeɪt] n
(= day of month) → date f
what's the date today?, what's today's date? → quelle est la date aujourd'hui?
to date adv (= so far) → à ce jour closing date, up-to-date
what's the date today?, what's today's date? → quelle est la date aujourd'hui?
to date adv (= so far) → à ce jour closing date, up-to-date
(= appointment) (with boyfriend, girlfriend) to have a date with somebody → sortir avec quelqu'un
She's got a date with Ian tonight → Elle sort avec Ian ce soir.
She's got a date with Ian tonight → Elle sort avec Ian ce soir.
(= companion)
His date was Marie, the girl from Liverpool → Il était avec Marie, la fille de Liverpool.
He's my date for tonight → Je sors avec lui ce soir.
His date was Marie, the girl from Liverpool → Il était avec Marie, la fille de Liverpool.
He's my date for tonight → Je sors avec lui ce soir.
(= fruit) → datte f
vt
[+ document, cheque] → dater
to be dated ... [letter] → être daté(e) de ...
It was dated 5 July → C'était daté du 5 juillet.
letter dated 5 July → lettre datée du 5 juillet, lettre du 5 juillet
to be dated ... [letter] → être daté(e) de ...
It was dated 5 July → C'était daté du 5 juillet.
letter dated 5 July → lettre datée du 5 juillet, lettre du 5 juillet
(= establish date of) → dater
[+ man, woman] → sortir avec
vi
(= become old-fashioned) → vieillir
This album has hardly dated at all → Cet album n'a presque pas vieilli du tout.
This tradition dates back over 200 years → Cette tradition date d'il y a plus de 200 ans.
This album has hardly dated at all → Cet album n'a presque pas vieilli du tout.
date back
viThis tradition dates back over 200 years → Cette tradition date d'il y a plus de 200 ans.
date back to
vt fus [+ year] → dater dedate from
vt fus [+ year] → dater dedate book n (US) → agenda mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
date
:date format
n → Datumsformat nt
dateless
adj
manuscript → undatiert, ohne Jahreszahl
(= never old-fashioned) → zeitlos
date line
n (Geog) → Datumsgrenze f; (Typ) → Datumszeile f
date palm
n → Dattelpalme f
date rape
n Vergewaltigung nach einem Rendezvous
date-rape drug
n → Date-Rape-Droge f, → Vergewaltigungsdroge f
date stamp
n → Datumsstempel m
vt → mit Datumsstempel versehen
date style
n → Datumsformat nt
date sugar
n → Palmzucker m
date
1date
2n
(= time of event) → Datum nt; (= historical date) → Geschichts- or Jahreszahl f; (for appointment) → Termin m; date of birth → Geburtsdatum nt; what’s the date today? → der Wievielte ist heute?, welches Datum haben wir heute?; what date is Easter this year? → auf welches Datum fällt Ostern dieses Jahr?; what is the date of that letter? → von wann ist der Brief datiert?; to fix or set a date (for something) → einen Termin (für etw) festsetzen; to date → bis heute, bis dato (form, dated); the band’s UK tour dates are: … → die Band tritt an den folgenden Daten in Großbritannien auf: …
(on coins, medals etc) → Jahreszahl f
(= appointment) → Verabredung f; (with girlfriend etc) → Rendezvous nt; who’s his date? → mit wem trifft er sich?; his date didn’t show up → diejenige, mit der er ausgehen wollte, hat ihn versetzt (inf); to make a date with somebody → sich mit jdm verabreden; she’s out on a date → sie hat eine Verabredung or ein Rendezvous; I’ve got a lunch date today (with friend) → ich habe mich heute zum Mittagessen verabredet; (on business) → ich muss heute Mittag an einem Arbeitsessen teilnehmen
vt
(= put date on) → mit dem Datum versehen; letter etc also → datieren; a letter dated the seventh of August → ein vom siebten August datierter Brief; a coin dated 1390 → eine Münze von 1390
vi
to date back to → zurückdatieren auf (+acc); to date from → zurückgehen auf (+acc); (antique etc) → stammen aus
(= become old-fashioned) → veralten
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date
1 [deɪt]1. n
a. → data
what's the date today? → quanti ne abbiamo oggi?
date of birth → data di nascita
closing date → scadenza, termine m
to date → fino a oggi
to be up to date (person, document, information) → essere aggiornato/a (person, fashionable) → essere alla moda (with one's work) → essere nei termini (building) → essere moderno/a
to bring up to date (correspondence, information) → aggiornare (method) → modernizzare (person) → mettere al corrente, aggiornare
to be out of date (information) → non essere aggiornato/a (document) → essere scaduto/a (person, style) → essere fuori moda
what's the date today? → quanti ne abbiamo oggi?
date of birth → data di nascita
closing date → scadenza, termine m
to date → fino a oggi
to be up to date (person, document, information) → essere aggiornato/a (person, fashionable) → essere alla moda (with one's work) → essere nei termini (building) → essere moderno/a
to bring up to date (correspondence, information) → aggiornare (method) → modernizzare (person) → mettere al corrente, aggiornare
to be out of date (information) → non essere aggiornato/a (document) → essere scaduto/a (person, style) → essere fuori moda
b. (fam) (appointment) → appuntamento; (boyfriend) → ragazzo; (girlfriend) → ragazza
to make a date with sb → fissare un appuntamento con qn
he asked her for a date → le ha chiesto di uscire con lui
to make a date with sb → fissare un appuntamento con qn
he asked her for a date → le ha chiesto di uscire con lui
2. vt
a. (letter) → datare; (ruin, manuscript) → attribuire una data a, datare
dated the 13th → datato il 13
thank you for your letter dated 5th July or July 5th → la ringrazio per la sua lettera in data 5 luglio
his style of dress dates him → il suo abbigliamento tradisce la sua età
dated the 13th → datato il 13
thank you for your letter dated 5th July or July 5th → la ringrazio per la sua lettera in data 5 luglio
his style of dress dates him → il suo abbigliamento tradisce la sua età
b. (fam) (esp Am) (girl, boy) → uscire con
3. vi
a. to date (back) from → risalire a
b. (become old-fashioned) → passare di moda
date
2 [deɪt] n (fruit) → dattero (also date palm) → palma da datteroCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
date1
(deit) noun1. (a statement on a letter etc giving) the day of the month, the month and year. I can't read the date on this letter.
2. the day and month and/or the year in which something happened or is going to happen. What is your date of birth?
3. an appointment or engagement, especially a social one with a member of the opposite sex. He asked her for a date.
verb1. to have or put a date on. This letter isn't dated.
2. (with from or back) to belong to; to have been made, written etc at (a certain time). Their quarrel dates back to last year.
3. to become obviously old-fashioned. His books haven't dated much.
ˈdated adjective old-fashioned. Her clothes looked very dated.
ˈdateline noun a north-south line drawn on maps through the Pacific Ocean, east and west of which the date is different.
out of date1. old-fashioned. This coat is out of date.
2. no longer able to be (legally) used; no longer valid. Your ticket is out of date / very out-of-date; an out-of-date directory.
to date up to the present time. This is the best entry we've received to date.
up to date1. completed etc up to the present time. Is the catalogue up to date?; an up-to-date catalogue.
2. modern and in touch with the latest ideas. This method is up to date / very up-to-date; an up-to-date method.
date2
(deit) noun the brown, sticky fruit of the date palm, a kind of tree growing in the tropics.
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date
→ تَارِيخ datum dato Datum ημερομηνία fecha päivämäärä date datum data 日付 날짜 datum stevnemøte data data дата datum วันที่ tarih ngày tháng 日期Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
date
n. fecha;
effective ___ → ___ de vigencia;
expiration ___ → ___ de vencimiento;
specimen ___ → ___ del espécimen o muestra;
up-to- ___ → hasta la fecha; [current] al corriente.
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date
n fecha; — of birth o birth — fecha de nacimientoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.