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Date is defined as a particularly day of the month or day, month and year or a social outing between two people.

(noun)

An example of date is October 9, 1925.
An example of date is two people meeting for coffee.

The definition of date is to belong to a particular time period or to assign a time period to something or to go out with someone due to romantic interests.

(verb)

An example of date is to make paper to look older by burning the edges.
An example of date is to determine that a photograph was taken in a specific year based on the clothing of the individuals in the photograph.
An example of date is for a man to take his girlfriend to the movies.

See date in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a statement as on a writing or coin specifying when it was made
the time at which a thing happens or is done
the time that anything lasts or goes on
a person's birth and death dates, usually expressed in years
the day of the month
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1. an appointment for a set time, esp. one for a social engagement with a person of the opposite sex
2. such an engagement
3. a person of the opposite sex with whom one has such an engagement

Origin: ME < OFr < L data, fem. of datus, pp. of dare, to give (the first word in Roman letters, giving the place and time of writing, as data Romae, lit., given at Rome) < IE base *dō-, to give > Gr dōron, gift, didonai, to give, Russ dat', to give

transitive verb dated, dating

to mark (a letter, etc.) with a date
to find out, determine, set, or record the date of
to assign a date to
1. to show or reveal as typical of a certain period or age
2. to make seem old-fashioned or out-of-date
to reckon by dates
to have a social engagement or engagements with

intransitive verb

to belong to, or have origin in, a definite period in the past: usually with from
☆ to have social engagements with persons of the opposite sex

Related Forms:

datable adjective or dateable
dater noun

noun

the sweet, fleshy fruit of the date palm, having a large, hard seed
date palm

Origin: ME < OFr < L dactylus < Gr daktylos, a date, prob. < Sem, as in Ar dáqal, date palm

See date in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. Time stated in terms of the day, month, and year.
b. A statement of calendar time, as on a document.
A specified day of a month.
a. A particular point or period of time at which something happened or existed, or is expected to happen.
b. dates The years of someone's birth and death: Beethoven's dates were 1770 to 1827.
The time during which something lasts; duration.
The time or historical period to which something belongs: artifacts of a later date.
An appointment: a luncheon date with a client; a date with destiny. See Synonyms at engagement.
a. An engagement to go out socially with another person, often out of romantic interest.
b. One's companion on such an outing.
An engagement for a performance: has four singing dates this month.