date
/deɪt/ noun C2- The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made. · the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.· US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
- A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time. · the date for pleading· The start date for the festival is September 2.
- A point in time. · You may need that at a later date.
- A pre-arranged meeting. · I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
- One's companion for social activities or occasions, especially a romantic partner. · I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.
- A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met. · We really hit it off on the first date, so we decided to meet the week after.· The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.
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Over the low, heavily-lintelled door, in the centre of this old part, is chiseled the date, 1607, but experts are agreed that the beams and stonework are really much older than this.
“‘These are coins of Charles the First,’ said he, holding out the few which had been in the box; ‘you see we were right in fixing our date for the Ritual.’
“We pay the price, Watson, for being too up-to-date!” he cried.
“‘The original has no date, but is in the spelling of the middle of the seventeenth century,’ remarked Musgrave.
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