date

noun

/deɪt/

Idioms

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particular day/year

[countable] a particular day of the month, sometimes in a particular year, given in numbers and words

‘What's the date today?’ ‘The 10th.’
Write today's date at the top of the page.
They haven't set a date for the wedding yet.
We need to fix a date for the next meeting.
I can't come on that date.
Please give your name, address and date of birth.
(especially North American English) name, address and birth date
There's no word yet on a UK release date for the film.
a start/launch/completion date
There's no date on this letter.
Anyone who knows of the vehicle’s whereabouts from that date until 31 October is asked to contact Bangor police station.

see also best-before date, closing date, due date, expiry date, expiration date, pull date, rain date, sell-by date

Extra Examples

Give me a couple of dates that are good for you.
I can't give you specific dates.
I have two meetings on that date.
She suggested an earlier date for the meeting.
The baby was born exactly on its due date.
The agreement runs from that date.
The building was not finished by the completion date.
The closing date for applications is May 22.
the date of the election
We cannot accept applications received after this date.
A trial date is expected to be announced next month.

Topics Timea1, Historya1

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

earlier
earliest
later
…

verb + date

agree
agree on
arrange
…

date + noun

stamp
book

preposition

after a/the date
at a… date
before a/the date
…

phrases

the big date
at a future date
at some future date
…

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a particular day or year when a particular event happened or will happen

1066 is the most famous date in English history.
the biggest date in the country music calendar
I hated history at school—I could never remember all those dates.
What were Beethoven's dates (= the years of his birth and death)?

Extra Examples

What was the date of the Battle of Hastings?
The painting bears the date 1626.
Historians disagree on the cut-off date for the medieval period.
It's difficult to put a date on when the idea started.
A large carved stone gives the dates of birth and death of her three sons.

past time/future

[singular, uncountable] a time in the past or future that is not a particular day

The details can be added at a later date.
The work will be carried out at a future date.
This was an important trade route from an early date.
a building of late Roman date

Extra Examples

The election is scheduled to take place at an unspecified date in the autumn.
The building has certain features in common with cathedrals of a similar date.
The foundations are Roman, but the rest of the building is of more recent date.

Topics Timeb1

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

earlier
earliest
later
…

verb + date

agree
agree on
arrange
…

date + noun

stamp
book

preposition

after a/the date
at a… date
before a/the date
…

phrases

the big date
at a future date
at some future date
…

See full entry

arrangement to meet

[countable] an arrangement to meet somebody at a particular time

Call me next week and we'll try and make a date.
Next Friday? Fine—it's a date!

romantic meeting

[countable] a meeting that you have arranged with a boyfriend or girlfriend or with somebody who might become a boyfriend or girlfriend

a date with somebody I've got a date with Lucy tomorrow night.
on a date We agreed to go out on a date.
Do you think I should ask him out on a date?
Paul's not coming. He's got a hot date (= an exciting one).

Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorceRomance

fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
be/find true love/the love of your life
suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have/go on a (blind) date
be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner

Weddings

get/be engaged/married/divorced
arrange/plan a wedding
have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
have/enter into an arranged marriage
call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary

Separation and divorce

be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have an affair (with somebody)
break off/end an engagement/a relationship
break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
annul/dissolve a marriage
apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)

fruit

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[countable] a sweet sticky brown fruit that grows on a tree called a date palm, common in North Africa and West AsiaTopics Foodc2

Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin data, feminine past participle of dare ‘give’; from the Latin formula used in dating letters, data (epistola) ‘(letter) given or delivered’, to record a particular time or place. noun sense 6 Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek daktulos ‘finger’ (because of the finger-like shape of its leaves).

Idioms

to date

until now
- To date, we have received over 200 replies.
- The exhibition contains some of his best work to date.

date

verb

/deɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they date	/deɪt/ /deɪt/
he / she / it dates	/deɪts/ /deɪts/
past simple dated	/ˈdeɪtɪd/ /ˈdeɪtɪd/
past participle dated	/ˈdeɪtɪd/ /ˈdeɪtɪd/
-ing form dating	/ˈdeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdeɪtɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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write date

[transitive, often passive] date something to write or print the date on something

Thank you for your letter dated 24th March.
The forms should be dated and signed and sent back immediately.

find age

[transitive, often passive] to say when something old existed or was made

date something It has not yet been possible to date the paintings accurately.
date something at something The skeleton has been dated at about 2000 BC.
date something to something The manuscript has been dated to the sixteenth century.
date something between A and B There are five self-portraits by Kahlo, dated between 1937 and 1943.

of clothes/words

[intransitive] to become old-fashioned

She designs classic clothes which do not date.

person

[transitive] date somebody if something dates you, it shows that you are fairly old or older than the people you are with

I was at the Woodstock festival—that dates me, doesn't it?

have relationship

[transitive, intransitive] date (somebody) to have a romantic relationship with somebody

She's been dating Ron for several months.
How long have you two been dating?

see also double-dateTopics Family and relationshipsb2

Word Originverb Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin data, feminine past participle of dare ‘give’; from the Latin formula used in dating letters, data (epistola) ‘(letter) given or delivered’, to record a particular time or place.