date

n.

1. A specified period of time

   day, year, time, point in time, epoch, period, era, generation, age, term, course, spell, semester, quarter, trimester, season, duration, span, moment, while, reign, hour, century; see also age 3, time 2, year.

2. *An appointment

   tryst, assignation, rendezvous, engagement, interview, call, visit, blind date, double date; see also appointment 2.

3. Person with whom one has a date, sense 2

   companion, escort, partner, sweetheart, girlfriend, boyfriend, squire, honey*, sweetie*, blind date*, heavy date*, steady*, pickup*, trick*; see also escort, friend 1, lover 1.

out of date

to date

up to date

date

v.

1. To indicate historical time

   appoint, determine, mark the time of, ascertain the time of, assign a date to, assign a time to, measure, mark with a date, date-stamp, fix the date of, affix a date to, carbon-date, silicon-date, potassium-argon-date, tree-ring date, furnish with a date, have its origin, originate in, belong to a period, chronologize, chronicle, isolate, measure, indicate the sequence; see also begin 2, define 1, measure 1, record 1.

2. To court or be courted

   escort, accompany, go out with, attend, associate with, keep company, consort with, rendezvous, make a date, keep an engagement with, take out*, go with*, go together*, go steady*, see*, take up with*; see also accompany 1.