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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
date1
▶noun
- 1 the day of the month or year as specified by a number.
- 2 a day or year when a given event occurred or will occur.
■ (dates) the years of a person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of a period or event.
■ the period of time to which something belongs.
- 3 a social or romantic appointment.
- 4 a musical or theatrical performance, especially as part of a tour.
- 1 establish the date of.
■ mark with a date.
■ (date from or back to) have existed since.
- 2 (often as adj. dated) appear or cause to appear old-fashioned.
- 3 informal go on a date with.
– phrases
to date until now.
to date until now.
– derivatives
dateless adjective.
dateless adjective.
– origin ME: via OFr. from med. L. data, fem. past part. of dare ‘give’; from the L. formula used in dating letters, data (epistola) ‘(letter) given or delivered’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
date2
▶noun
- 1 a sweet, dark brown, oval fruit with a hard stone, usually eaten dried.
- 2 (also date palm) a tall palm tree which bears clusters of dates, native to western Asia and North Africa. [Phoenix dactylifera.]
– origin ME: from OFr., via L. from Gk daktulos ‘finger’ (because of the finger-like shape of its leaves).
'date' also found in these Oxford entries:
a
- abreast
- AD
- advance
- à la mode
- anniversary
- antedate
- as
- ask
- AUC
- au courant
- backdate
- BC
- birth certificate
- birthdate
- blind date
- c
- ca
- call
- call option
- century
- Christian era
- coeval
- come
- Consols
- d
- dateline
- Date Line
- date rape
- date stamp
- deadline
- death certificate
- decree nisi
- discount
- dominical letter
- early
- endowment
- epoch
- equinox
- even
- fixture
- forward
- future
- geriatric
- golden number
- gotten
- Hegira
- International Date Line
Forum discussions with the word(s) "date" in the title:
...date by when/date by which
'on/ in' date [month day year]
<to date> <ever>
"Cure date" vs "expiration date"
"date" and "dating" - history of use in BE ?
"manufactured date" and "manufacturing date"
"suggested due date"
"the" in the date
"year-to-date" and "runnning year-to-date"
2010 date
30 days after invoiced date and upon..
30 days after invoiced date..
a (human) product whose sell-by date has passed
A black coat will never date.
a date + an article
A date doubt
a dinner date with friends
a keeper meaning a date?
A term for the date when a case is closed
A/C to date
accelate the due date of..
AMERICAN USE OF --- "I'd date you"
archaic.old fashioned, out of date
As of this date, I will be in the address...
As of today or To date
as regards to the new start date of 1 July 2009
at a later date / later
at a later date or at a later time
at a later date or later?
at a later date/as at that date
more...
'on/ in' date [month day year]
<to date> <ever>
"Cure date" vs "expiration date"
"date" and "dating" - history of use in BE ?
"manufactured date" and "manufacturing date"
"suggested due date"
"the" in the date
"year-to-date" and "runnning year-to-date"
2010 date
30 days after invoiced date and upon..
30 days after invoiced date..
a (human) product whose sell-by date has passed
A black coat will never date.
a date + an article
A date doubt
a dinner date with friends
a keeper meaning a date?
A term for the date when a case is closed
A/C to date
accelate the due date of..
AMERICAN USE OF --- "I'd date you"
archaic.old fashioned, out of date
As of this date, I will be in the address...
As of today or To date
as regards to the new start date of 1 July 2009
at a later date / later
at a later date or at a later time
at a later date or later?
at a later date/as at that date
more...
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