date
/deɪt/ verb B1- To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution. · to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter
- To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
- To determine the age of something. · to date the building of the pyramids
- To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
- To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
- To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other. · They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months.
- To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc. · This show hasn't dated well.· The comedian dated himself by making quips about bands from the 1960s.
- To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
He/she/it dates · Past dated · Past participle dated · -ing form dating
Verb forms
- Base form
- date
- He/she/it
- dates
- Past
- dated
- Past participle
- dated
- -ing form
- dating
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The boards round and the panelling of the walls were of brown, worm-eaten oak, so old and discoloured that it may have dated from the original building of the house.
Their sojourn in town was something that Anne and Diana dated from for years.
“With being an agent of the Bonapartist faction!” Many of our readers may be able to recollect how formidable such an accusation became in the period at which our story is dated.
You will first make a note, Doctor, of the paper and the date.”
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