date
- Top 1000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
The day, month and year when something happens or was made.
Please write your name and today's date at the top.
We still haven't agreed on a date for the wedding.
The date on the milk carton was two days ago.
Common collocations: date of birth · set a date · today's date · expiry date · fix a date
Part of: Days and months
Sense 2
- noun
- A2
A planned meeting with someone you like in a romantic way.
They went on their first date at a small café.
He asked her out on a date after class.
I'm a bit nervous about my date this evening.
Common collocations: go on a date · first date · a blind date · ask somebody on a date
Part of: Relationships
Sense 3 · less common
- noun
- B1
A small, very sweet brown fruit that grows on a tall palm tree.
Dried dates are very sweet and sticky, so eat them slowly.
She filled the dates with almonds and served them as dessert.
He bought a small box of dates at the market.
Common collocations: dried dates · stuffed dates · a date palm · stoned dates
Part of: Fruit
Sense 4 · less common
- verb
- B1
To go out with someone regularly because you are in a romantic relationship.
They have been dating for almost two years now.
My sister is dating someone she met at work.
Are you two dating, or are you just good friends?
Common collocations: start dating · be dating somebody · dating app · date somebody for years
Part of: Relationships, Talking to people
Sense 5 · less common
- verb
- B2
To have been made or built at a certain time in the past.
This old church dates back to the fifteenth century.
The letters date from the years just before the war.
Parts of the city wall date back over a thousand years.
Common collocations: date back to · date from · date back centuries
Part of: Buildings and places
Forms
- past
- dated
- plural
- dates
- third_person
- dates