Date definition

Date as a noun

1. the specified day of the month

   "what is the date today?"

   Same sense: day of the month

2. a participant in a date

   "his date never stopped talking"

   Same sense: escort

3. a meeting arranged in advance

   "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

   Same sense: appointment, engagement

4. the present

   "they are up to date"

5. the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred

   "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class"

6. a particular day specified as the time something happens

   "the date of the election is set by law"

7. sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

Date as a verb

8. go on a date with

9. stamp with a date

   "The package is dated November 24"

   Same sense: date stamp

10. assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of

    "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"

11. date regularly; have a steady relationship with

    Same sense: see, go out, go steady

12. provide with a dateline; mark with a date

    "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"

Synonyms and antonyms

• day of the month
• escort
• appointment
• engagement
• date stamp
• see definition
• go out
• go steady

All synonyms of date, sense by sense

How to say date

Date has 1 syllable and rhymes with great. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with date

• great
• state
• wait
• late
• rate
• hate
• straight
• create
• eight
• weight
• separate
• estate

DATE in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

5

Anagrams

0

Is DATE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check DATE in the word checker, or unscramble DATE to see the shorter words in its letters.