1. The specified day of the month
   "what is the date today?";
   - day of the month
    
2. A meeting arranged in advance
   "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date";
   - appointment, engagement, appt [informal]
    
3. 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"
    
4. A particular day specified as the time something happens
   "Mother's Day is always on the same date"; "the date of the election is set by law"; "we hope to get together at an early date"
    
5. The present
   "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"
    
6. A participant in a date
   "his date never stopped talking";
   - escort
    
7. Sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
   "He enjoyed a handful of dates as a natural energy boost"

1. Assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
   "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"
    
2. Stamp with a date
   "The package is dated November 24"; "The clerk date-stamped all the incoming documents";
   - date-stamp
    
3. 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"
    
4. Meet with a lover or potential lover
   "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"
    
5. Date regularly; have a steady relationship with
   "He is dating his former wife again!";
   - go steady, go out, see

Derived forms: dated, dates, dating

Type of: 24-hour interval, affiliate, associate, assort, calendar day, calendar month, calendar year, civil day, civil year, companion, comrade, consort, day, determine, edible fruit, familiar, fellow, furnish, get-together, go out, mean solar day, meeting, month, nowadays, offer, present, provide, render, set, solar day, stamp, supply, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours, yokefellow [N. Amer]

Part of: date palm, Phoenix dactylifera

Encyclopedia: Date, Hokkaidō