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单词 date
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date

1
[ deyt ]
/ deɪt /
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noun

verb (used without object), dat·ed, dat·ing.

verb (used with object), dat·ed, dat·ing.

Idioms for date

    to date, up to the present time; until now: This is his best book to date.
    up to date, in agreement with or inclusive of the latest information; modern: Bring us up to date on the news.

Origin of date

1
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English <Middle French <Late Latin data, noun use of data (feminine of datus, past participle of dare to give), from the phrase data (Romae) written, given (at Rome); (v.) Middle English daten to sign or date a document, derivative of the noun

OTHER WORDS FROM date

Definition for date (2 of 2)

date2
[ deyt ]
/ deɪt /

noun

the oblong, fleshy fruit of the date palm, a staple food in northern Africa, Arabia, etc., and an important export.

Origin of date

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1250–1300; Middle English <Anglo-French; Old French dade, date<Medieval Latin datil(l)us (>Old Provençal, Catalan, Spanish datil) <Latin dactylus;see dactyl
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Example sentences from the Web for date

  • Her focus has clearly shifted—now she's more concerned with molding these men into dateable shape than with finding them dates.

    The Cattiest Matchmaker|Emily Gould|February 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • The Daily Beast crunched the numbers to pinpoint the 36 cities with the most—and least—dateable guys.

    Best (and Worst) Cities to Meet Men|The Daily Beast|October 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
  • Basically, however, their proportions are the same, dateable to the early nineteenth century but with much less style involved.

    Huntley|Tony P. Wrenn

British Dictionary definitions for date (1 of 2)

date1
/ (deɪt) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of date

datable or dateable, adjectivedateless, adjective

Word Origin for date

C14: from Old French, from Latin dare to give, as in the phrase epistula data Romae letter handed over at Rome

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British Dictionary definitions for date (2 of 2)

date2
/ (deɪt) /

noun

the fruit of the date palm, having sweet edible flesh and a single large woody seed
short for date palm

Word Origin for date

C13: from Old French, from Latin, from Greek daktulos finger
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Idioms and Phrases with date

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