EGAVE

date

About 68.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    We made a nice cake from dates.
  2. noun The date palm.
    There were a few dates planted around the house.
  3. noun The anus.
  4. noun 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.
  5. noun 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
  6. noun A point in time.
    You may need that at a later date.
  7. noun An assigned end; a conclusion.
  8. noun A given or assigned length of life; duration.

Similar words

go steady escort engagement go out appointment see date stamp day of the month filing brushed

Often followed by

of and the for on is from due in

Word family

datable dateable dated dater daters dates dating

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