datedate1 /deɪt/ ●●● noun [countable] 
1
a particular day of the month or of the year, shown by a number: 
“What’s today’s date?” “It’s August 11.” Have you set a date (=chosen a day) for the wedding? She refused to give her date of birth/birth date (=the day she was born).2an arrangement to meet someone, especially someone you like in a romantic way: Mike’s going (out) on a date on Friday. I have a date with Andrea tomorrow night. Let’s make a date (=arrange a time) to see that new movie.3someone you go on a date with: My date’s taking me out to dinner.4to date up to now: This is the best research on the subject to date.5at a later date at some time in the future6a small sweet sticky brown fruit with a single long seed [Origin: (1) 1200–1300 Old French, Greek daktylos “finger”] → out-of-date, up-to-date
1 a particular day of the month or of the year, shown by a number: “What’s today’s date?” “It’s August 11.” Have you set a date (=chosen a day) for the wedding? She refused to give her date of birth/birth date (=the day she was born).2an arrangement to meet someone, especially someone you like in a romantic way: Mike’s going (out) on a date on Friday. I have a date with Andrea tomorrow night. Let’s make a date (=arrange a time) to see that new movie.3someone you go on a date with: My date’s taking me out to dinner.4to date up to now: This is the best research on the subject to date.5at a later date at some time in the future6a small sweet sticky brown fruit with a single long seed [Origin: (1) 1200–1300 Old French, Greek daktylos “finger”] → out-of-date, up-to-date
