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heading' aria-level='3'>Noun (2)
  • //I have a date to meet my financial consultant at seven o'clock
  • //the embarrassingly short date of most of his romances
Verb
  • //She dated a couple guys during college.
  • //He only dates younger women.
  • //They've been dating for six months.
  • //Don't forget to sign and date the application.
  • //The letter was not dated.
  • //a memo dated July 12th, 2003
  • //Historians date the document to the early 1700s.
  • //The ancient building was dated by a coin found in one of the rooms.
  • //Scientists use various techniques to date fossils.
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
History and Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French (also continental Old French), borrowed (with -il perhaps taken as a suffix) from Old Occitan datil, going back to Latin dactylus "dactyl in verse, kind of date" — more at dactyl
Noun (2)
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin data, from data (as in data Romae given at Rome), feminine of Latin datus, past participle of dare to give; akin to Latin dos gift, dowry, Greek didonai to give
Verb
Middle English daten, derivative of date date entry 2
date
noun

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

verb

Synonyms (Entry 2 of 2)

daub
verb
ˈdȯb ˈdäb
daubed; daub​ing; daubs

Defi
heading' aria-level='3'>Noun (2)

  • //I have a date to meet my financial consultant at seven o'clock
  • //the embarrassingly short date of most of his romances
Verb
  • //She dated a couple guys during college.
  • //He only dates younger women.
  • //They've been dating for six months.
  • //Don't forget to sign and date the application.
  • //The letter was not dated.
  • //a memo dated July 12th, 2003
  • //Historians date the document to the early 1700s.
  • //The ancient building was dated by a coin found in one of the rooms.
  • //Scientists use various techniques to date fossils.
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
History and Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French (also continental Old French), borrowed (with -il perhaps taken as a suffix) from Old Occitan datil, going back to Latin dactylus "dactyl in verse, kind of date" — more at dactyl
Noun (2)
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin data, from data (as in data Romae given at Rome), feminine of Latin datus, past participle of dare to give; akin to Latin dos gift, dowry, Greek didonai to give
Verb
Middle English daten, derivative of date date entry 2
date
noun

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

verb

Synonyms (Entry 2 of 2)

daub
verb
ˈdȯb ˈdäb
daubed; daub​ing; daubs

Defi