International Date Line noun

Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word

Click to hear the US pronunciation of this word

n [S]

Definition

The International Date Line is an imaginary line between the most northern and southern points on the Earth which goes through the Pacific Ocean. The date on the west side of the line is one day earlier than the date on the east side of the line.

(Definition of International Date Line noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

+ Free Dictionary Toolbar for Browsers
+ Add Dictionary Search to iGoogle and your website

+ Become a fan on Facebook
+ Follow us on Twitter!

Browse the Dictionary

internal combustion engine noun
internal medicine noun
internalize verb
international adjective
international noun
International Date Line noun
international law noun
International Monetary Fund noun
International Phonetic Alphabet noun
internationalism noun
internationalize verb

Browse the Thesaurus

Business
Clothes
Education
Finance
Light and colour
Personal care

SMART Thesaurus

Synonyms and related words:

Arctic
Asiatic
Australasia
Australasian n
Australasian adj
Basque
equatorial
European adj
European n
lat
longitude
North America
subcontinent
the Arctic Circle
the Continent
the Occident
the South Pole
the Tropic of Cancer
transcontinental
tropic

See more results »

Topic: Continents and regions of the world

Our dictionaries

British English
American English
Business English
Learner's Dictionary
Essential British English
Essential American English

English-Spanish
Español-inglés
English-Turkish

Word of the Day

get in a sweat

to worry

Word of the Day ►

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More ►

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.