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Definition date

Etymology 1

From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (dáktulos, “finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably a folk-etymological alteration of a word from a Semitic source such as Arabic ?????‎ (daqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew ??????‎ (deqel, “date palm”).

Noun

date (plural dates)

1. The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
2. The date palm.

Etymology 2

From Middle English date, from Old French date, from Late Latin data, from Latin datus (“given”), past participle of dare (“to give”); from Proto-Indo-European *deh?- (“to give”).

Noun

date (plural dates)

1. The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.
2. A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
3. A point in time.
4. (rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
5. (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
6. A pre-arranged meeting.
7. One's companion for social activities or occasions.
8. A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.

Verb

date (third-person singular simple present dates, present participle dating, simple past and past participle dated)

1. (transitive) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
2. (transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
3. (transitive) To determine the age of something.
4. (transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
5. (transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
6. (reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
7. (intransitive) To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
8. (intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

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