Date Definition
To have dates (see date.
- chronicle
- chronologize
- belong to a period
- silicon-date
- carbon-date
- affix a date to
- fix the date of
- date-stamp
- mark with a date
- originate in
- have its origin
- furnish with a date
- tree-ring date
- potassium-argon-date
- determine
- No longer in style; old-fashioned:
clothes that went out of date last year.
- Until now:
To date, only half of those invited have responded.
- In or into accordance with current information, styles, or technology:
brought me up to date on the project's status.
- until now; as yet
- in or into agreement with the latest facts, ideas, styles, etc.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Date
Origin of Date
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From French datte, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (daktulos, “finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably from a Semitic source such as Arabic دقل (dáqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”).
From Wiktionary
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From Old French date, Late Latin data, from Latin datus (“given”), past participle of dare (“to give”); akin to Greek, Old Slavonic dati, Sanskrit dā. Compare datum, dose, Dato, and Die.
From Wiktionary
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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 dō- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old French from Old Provençal datil from Latin dactylus from Greek daktulos finger, date (from its shape)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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