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Noun date has 8 senses
- date, day of the month - the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"
--1 is a kind of day, twenty-four hours, solar day, mean solar day
--1 has particulars:
- date - a particular day specified as the time something will happen; "the date of the election is set by law"
--2 is a kind of day, twenty-four hours, solar day, mean solar day
--2 has particulars: rain date; sell-by date
- date, appointment, engagement - a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
--3 is a kind of meeting, get together
--3 has members: date, escort
--3 has particulars: blind date; double date; tryst, rendezvous
- date - a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date"
--4 is a kind of point, point in time
- date - the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"
--5 is a kind of present, nowadays
- date, escort - a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"
--6 is a kind of companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
--6 is a member of date, appointment, engagement
--6 has particulars: blind date
- 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"
--7 is a kind of calendar day, civil day; calendar month, month; calendar year, civil year
--7 has particulars: epoch, date of reference
- date - sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
--8 is a kind of edible fruit
--8 is a part of date palm, Phoenix dactylifera
Verb date has 5 senses
- date - go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"
--1 is one way to go out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s somebody
- date, date stamp - stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24"
--2 is a kind of date; stamp
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- date - assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"
--3 is one way to determine, set
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- go steady, go out, date, see - date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"
--4 is one way to consort, associate, affiliate, assort
Sample sentences:
Sam cannot date Sue
Sam and Sue date
- 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"
--5 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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