date

  1. Noun.  (context, botany) The fruit of the date palm. This sweet fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
  2. Noun.  (context, botany) The date palm itself.
  3. Noun.  That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the '''date''' of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
  4. Noun.  The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the '''date''' of a battle. A specific day.
  5. Noun.  A point in time.
  6. Noun.  (rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
  7. Noun.  (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
  8. Noun.  A pre-arranged social meeting.
  9. Noun.  A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
  10. Noun.  A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
  11. Verb.  (transitive) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  12. Verb.  (transitive) To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.
  13. Verb.  (transitive) To determine the age of something.
  14. Verb.  (transitive) To take (someone) on a series of dates.
  15. Verb.  (transitive) to have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with.
  16. Verb.  (intransitive) of a couple, to be in a romantic relationship.
  17. Verb.  (intransitive) To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  18. Verb.  (intransitive, with ''from'') To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

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