date
noun [C] (MEETING) /deɪt/Definition
B1 a social meeting planned before it happens, especially one between two people who have or might have a romantic relationship: He's asked her out on a date. She has a hot date (= an exciting meeting) tonight.Meeting peopleOfficial meetingsFinding a partner › mainly US a person you have a romantic meeting with: Who's your date for the prom?Romantic and sexual partners
(Definition of date noun (MEETING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appointment noun (ARRANGEMENT)
- farewell exclamation
- gathering noun
- hello exclamation, noun
- how are things (with you)? idiom
- how do you do? idiom
- how's tricks? idiom
- it's a date idiom
- make yourself known idiom
- meet verb (COME TOGETHER)
- meet verb (PLACE)
- meeting point noun
- paths cross idiom
- pay your respects idiom
- rally noun (MEETING)
- remember sb to sb phrasal verb
- rendezvous noun
- see you (later) idiom
- there are plenty more fish in the sea idiom
- throw sb together phrasal verb
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