date noun [ C ] (DAY)
A1 a numbered day in a month, often given with a combination of the name of the day, the month, and the year:
› a particular year:
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- We've written to him asking him if he's free on that date but we haven't had an answer yet.
- As the date of his operation drew near, he became more and more anxious.
- If necessary, we can always change the dates of our trip.
- Do you know the date of Caroline and Matthew's wedding?
- Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
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date noun [ C ] (MEETING)
B1 a social meeting planned before it happens, especially one between two people who have or might have a romantic relationship:
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date noun [ C ] (PERFORMANCE)
› a performance:
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date noun [ C ] (FRUIT)
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date verb (TIME)
B1 [ T ] to write the day's date on something you have written or made:
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- The TV programme shows archaeologists using the latest technology to date things they have found.
- Your cheque should be dated before or on the day the bill is due.
- When they lifted the carpet, they found a newspaper dated 5 August 1952.
- The portrait is signed and dated 1893.
- The painting, dated 1928, is expected to fetch up to £250,000.
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date verb (MEET)
B1 [ I or T ] mainly US to regularly spend time with someone you have a romantic relationship with:
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- She dated a string of actors before she met her first husband.
- She became famous when she started dating one of the country's top football stars.
- Would you date a man ten years younger than yourself?
- Their parents didn't approve of their relationship so they had to date in secret.
- The two of them dated for a while, but it didn't work out.
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date verb (SHOW AGE)
› [ I ] to stop being fashionable or become old-fashioned:
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