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"DATES" is a plural of: date. |
Date "DATES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | A fruit commonly plucked from the Family Tree and spread on the leaves of history. (Dist. bet. Dates and Peaches, which are often associated). Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing them on their parent trees, signifies prosperity and happy union; but to eat them as prepared for commerce, they are omens of want and distress. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Crosswords: DATES |
| English words defined with "DATES": ad, anno Domini, Apostles' creed ♦ B.C., before Christ, Blank deed ♦ Chronologer, church calendar, conflict ♦ date, date back, date bar, date bread, date from, Date palm, Date tree, date-nut bread, Dater ♦ ecclesiastical calendar, Emergent year ♦ go back ♦ Hebrew calendar ♦ Jewish calendar, Julian period ♦ Mohammedan calendar, Moslem calendar, movable feast, moveable feast, Muhammadan calendar, Muslim calendar ♦ Revolutionary calendar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DATES": planned dates. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "DATES": Quattrocento. (references) |
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Screenplays | I think we should stop going out on dates. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) Taking a chance on 20 years in Leavenworth for making dates with the company commander's wife (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman) I've been asked out on dates before, and that's what it sounded like (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Do you recall the dates of these alleged tardies (Clueless; writing credit: Amy Heckerling.) Come on, the guy has had like 5 dates in 8 years, he's like a humpback whale (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) | |
Movie/TV Titles | 6 Dates with Barker (1971) More Dates for Kay (1952) Dates and Nuts (1937) Dizzy Dates (1930) Dates for Two (1927) | |
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 | Layers of snow in the snow hole. Note yearly dates in upper right corner of photo. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Graphic of Antarctic Ozone Hole for two dates in September 1998. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Figure 9. Cone for use with Hensen conical net. Invented by Victor Hensen of the University of Kiel in about 1883. He called this invention " Korbnetz." In 1901 he described an improved version that contained a tin-plate envelope. Between these dates, an intermediate form of this net and cone was used in the course of the Plankton Expedition of 1889. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 1. A drilled roller (round boulder) used as a sounding weight. Figure 2 . Ordinary sounding lead weight, sometimes attaining many kilograms. The lead dates from the Christian era. The trapezoidal form with a recess for tallow and acquiring bottom samples dates from a few centuries back. In this form, millio ns of sounding were made. Fig. 3. French sounding lead used in many expeditions. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | A historical boulder on the beach at Isla Cocos having carvings of names and dates of past visitors to the island. Observed by crew and scientific party of NOAA Ship McARTHUR during stopover while conducting STAR 2000 project. Credit: Small World. |  | Dates growing in Yuma, Az. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
 | Trichogramma wasps are packaged in shipping capsules for later release in corn fields. Bags are color-coded according to insect maturity to help researchers determine optimum release dates. Credit: USDA ARS News. |  | This log one-room shcool house dates to the 1920s when several small farming and ranching communities were established in El MalPais National Conservation Area (NCA) area. Credit: Unknown. |
 | A Chief Torpedoman paints another "hashmark" on the Torpedo Shop scoreboard of Japanese ships claimed sunk by SubRon 5's "S-Boats", operating out of Brisbane, Australia, during April-November 1942. Photographed on board USS Griffin (AS-13), tender to the squadron. Submarines listed on the scoreboard include S-37 (SS-142), S-38 (SS-143), S-39 (SS-144), S-40 (SS-145), S-41 (SS-146), S-42 (SS-153), S-43 (SS-154), S-44 (SS-155), S-45 (SS-156), S-46 (SS-157), and S-47 (SS-158). The original caption dates the photo on 7 January 1943, but it may have been taken earlier, as Griffin left Australia in November 1942. Credit: NAVY. |  | Insignia that was on file at the Naval History Division in 1967. It probably dates from the late 1950s or early 1960s. This example has been slightly disfigured by a hole punched in its lower left edge. Credit: NAVY. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Hilliard | The ruin of most men dates from idle moments. |
Wendy Liebman | I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Tribunal shall keep record of the questions and cases submitted and the proceedings thereon, with the dates of such proceedings. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | A written record was found in their house, of the dates of their deaths |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There is beneath the Rue Saint Denis an old stone sewer, which dates from Louis XIII |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Select the dates and language that you prefer. (references) | |
Usually worn as a collar or wristwatch, the use of magnets as a treatment dates back to the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. (references) | ||
The continuing education department of the local community college is the place to begin this discussion well in advance of training dates. (references) | ||
Business | Honoring delivery dates is of critical importance. (references) | |
Foreign suppliers are expected to strictly adhere to agreed delivery dates. (references) | ||
The statistics differ from those in the previous tables because they are from different sources, and reflect different report closing dates. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Turkey | The Vakiflar, which dates back to the Ottoman Empire, must approve the operation of churches, monasteries, synagogues, schools, and charitable religious foundations, such as hospitals and orphanages. (references) |
Brazil | The National Newspaper Association (ANJ) continued to press for an updated press law, noting that the existing law dates from the time of the military regime and does not establish criteria for calculating maximum fines for libel. (references) | |
Economic History | Australia | Settlement had preceded these dates in most cases. (references) |
Human Rights | Congo | No trial dates were announced by year's end. (references) |
Bangladesh | Witnesses had not appeared on 17 prior hearing dates. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Although the court set dates for hearings 69 times, the plaintiff did not appear. (references) | |
Political Economy | PARAGUAY | Expiration dates must be printed on medical products and some consumer goods. (references) |
BAHRAIN | The manufacturer must also print production and expiration dates on the label or container. (references) | |
MALAYSIA | Food product labels must provide ingredients, expiry dates and, if imported, the name of the importer. (references) | |
Trade | Cote D'ivoire | Therefore, it is best to include both dates. (references) |
Egypt | Amended stickers for dates are not acceptable. (references) | |
Bolivia | This certificate must include expiration dates. (references) | |
Travel | Oman | These dates are approximate. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Dates change from year to year. (references) | |
Indonesia | Holiday dates through 2002 are listed below. (references) | |
Women | Haiti | The Criminal Code dates back to 1832 and many parts of it have not been updated. (references) |
Angola | In addition a portion of the Civil Code dates to colonial times and includes discriminatory provisions against women in the areas of inheritance, property sales, and participation in commercial activities. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Algeria | There is an umbrella labor confederation, the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA) and its affiliated entities, which dates from the era of a single political party. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | There are singular moments in history, dates that divide all that goes before from all that comes after. |
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| "DATES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 94.99% of the time. "DATES" is used about 2,214 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 94.99% | 2,103 | 4,133 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 5.01% | 111 | 30,796 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,214 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "DATES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dates | Last name | 1,000 | 10,643 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "DATES": be forgetful of dates ♦ dried dates ♦ due to banks at fixed dates ♦ pressed dates ♦ sort on dates ♦ Trebizond dates. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "DATES": post-dates, pre-dates, up-dates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DATES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | تمر (date, dried dates). (various references) | |
Danish | tællingsdatoer. (various references) | |
Dutch | verschillende data. (various references) | |
Finnish | kronologinen lajittelu (chronological sort, sort on date values, sort on dates). (various references) | |
French | dattes (date), dates de référence. (various references) | |
German | Daten (data). (various references) | |
Greek | ημερομηνίες αναφοράς. (various references) | |
Italian | date di riferimento. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "没年 (dates of birth and death). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せいぼつね" (dates of birth and death). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atesday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | datas de referência. (various references) | |
Romanian | nu avea memoria datelor (be forgetful of dates). (various references) | |
Russian | соответствовать срокам контракта (meet the contract dates). (various references) | |
Spanish | fechas de referencia. (various references) | |
Swedish | datum (date), data (computational, data). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 43, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eipen de autoiV israhl o pathr autwn ei outwV estin touto poihsate labete apo twn karpwn thV ghV en toiV aggeioiV umwn kai katagagete tw anqrwpw dwra thV rhtinhV kai tou melitoV qumiama kai stakthn kai tereminqon kai karua |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Igitur Israhel pater eorum dixit ad eos si sic necesse est facite quod vultis sumite de optimis terrae fructibus in vasis vestris et deferte viro munera modicum resinae et mellis et styracis et stactes et terebinthi et amigdalarum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thanne Yrael, the fader of hem, seide to hem, If so it is nede, doth what ye wolen; take ye of the beste fruytis of the loond in youre vessils, and berith yiftis to the man, a litil of precious licoure of swete gumme, and of hony, and of licoure of the tree of storax, and of stactes, the licoure of myrre tree, and of therebynt, and of almaundis; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Than their father Israel sayde vnto the Yf it must nedes be so now: than do thus take of the best frutes of the lande in youre vesselles and brynge the man a present a curtesie bawlme and a curtesie of hony spyces and myrre dates and almondes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error; |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 43, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Israel nga ilang amahan, mitubag kanila: Busa, kong mao na gayud kini, nan buhata ninyo; magdala kamo sa labing maayong bunga sulod sa inyong mga sudlanan, ug dad-an ninyo kadtong tawo nga talahuron ug usa ka gasa, diyutay nga balsamo ug diyutay nga dugos, mga pahumot ug mirra, mga nueces ug mga almendra. |
| Croatian | Njihov otac Izrael reèe im: "Kad je tako, neka bude, ali uèinite ovo: metnite u torbe najbiranijih proizvoda ove zemlje i ponesite na dar onom èovjeku: nešto balzama, nešto meda i mirodija, mirisne smole, pa lješnjaka i badema. |
| Danish | og tag dobbelt så mange Penge med, så I bringer de Penge tilbage, som var lagt oven i eders Sække; måske var det en Fejltagelse; |
| Dutch | Toen zeide Israel, hun vader, tot hen: Is het nu alzo, zo doet dit; neemt van het loffelijkste dezes lands in uwe vaten, en brengt dien man een geschenk henen af: een weinig balsem, en een weinig honig, specerijen en mirre, terpentijnnoten en amandelen. |
| Finnish | Silloin heidän isänsä Israel sanoi heille: "Jos niin on, tehkää ainakin tämä: ottakaa säkkeihinne maan parhaimpia tuotteita ja viekää ne sille miehelle lahjaksi: vähän balsamia ja vähän hunajaa, kumihartsia ja hajupihkaa, pähkinöitä ja manteleita. |
| French | Israël, leur père, leur dit: Puisqu`il le faut, faites ceci. Prenez dans vos sacs des meilleures productions du pays, pour en porter un présent cet homme, un peu de baume et un peu de miel, des aromates, de la myrrhe, des pistaches et des amandes. |
| German | Da sprach Israel, ihr Vater, zu ihnen: Muß es denn ja also sein, so tut's und nehmt von des Landes besten Früchten in eure Säcke und bringt dem Manne Geschenke hinab: ein wenig Balsam und Honig, Würze und Myrrhe, Datteln und Mandeln. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Lè sa a, Izrayèl, papa yo, di: -Bon. Si se konsa sa ye, men sa pou n' fè: n'ap pran pi bon danre ki gen nan peyi a, n'ap mete nan sak nou, n'ap pote fè nonm lan kado: gonm santi bon, siwo myèl, lansan, lami, pistach ak nwa. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu ayah mereka berkata, "Jika memang harus begitu, bawalah hasil yang paling baik dari negeri ini dalam karung-karungmu sebagai hadiah untuk gubernur itu: Kismis, madu, rempah-rempah, buah kemiri dan buah badam. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu kata Israel, bapanya, kepada mereka itu: Jikalau demikian buatlah olehmu begini: ambillah buah-buah hasil tanah ini yang terutama dalam bekas-bekasmu, bawalah turun akan suatu persembahan kepada tuan itu, yaitu sedikit getah harum dan sedikit air madu dan rempah-rempah dan kemenyan dan buah keras dan buah badam. |
| Maori | ¶ Katahi ka mea a Iharaira, to ratou papa ki a ratou, Ki te mea ra he penei te hanga, ko tenei ta koutou e mea ai; maua atu etahi o nga hua papai o te whenua i roto i a koutou oko, kawea atu hoki he hakari ki raro, ki taua tangata, tetahi wahi pam a, me tetahi wahi honi, etahi aramona: |
| Norwegian | og ta dobbelt så mange penger med eder, for de penger som kom igjen og lå øverst i eders sekker, må I ha med tilbake; kanskje det var en feiltagelse. |
| Portuguese | Então disse-lhes Israel seu pai: Se é sim, fazei isto: tomai os melhores produtos da terra nas vossas vasilhas, e levai ao homem um presente: um pouco de bálsamo e um pouco de mel, tragacanto e mirra, nozes de fístico e amêndoas; |
| Rumanian | Israel, tatql lor, le -a zis: ,,Fiindcq trebuie, faceyi awa. Luayi-vq kn saci ceva din cele mai bune roade ale yqrii, ca sq duceyi un dar omului aceluia, wi anume: puyin leac alinqtor, wi puyinq miere, mirodenii, smirnq, fisticuri wi migdale. |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "DATES": accommodates, airdates, antedates, backdates, birthdates, candidates, caudates, chordates, consolidates, denudates, depredates, dilapidates, elucidates, emendates, exudates, fecundates, fluoridates, foredates, gradates, hemichordates, intimidates, inundates, invalidates, iodates, lapidates, liquidates, mandates, methylphenidates, misdates, mithridates, molybdates, noncandidates, outdates, oxidates, playdates, postdates, predates, reconsolidates, redates, retardates, revalidates, sedates, subinfeudates, transudates, updates, urochordates, validates, vanadates. (additional references) | |
Words containing "DATES": sedatest. (additional references) | |
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"DATES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adates, advts, daet, dafts, Daitz, Dartec, dartles, datae, datas, datec, datek, datem, daten, Dateq, datest, datex, dati, datles, dato, datos, Datost, dats, datte, datus, datux, dauts, dawes, dawts, dayes, deets, derats, detek, detel, detess, dictes, ditas, dites, ditess, dits, doats, dotec, duate, dutes, dutess, Dutse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DATES" (pronounced dā"ts) |
| 4 | d ā" t s | predates, updates. |
| 3 | -ā" t s | abates, annotates, Ates, awaits, baits, Bates, Cates, conflates, conjugates, crates, creates, debates, dictates, eights, equates, estates, fates, gates, grates, greats, hates, inflates, mates, misstates, narrates, negates, pates, plates, procreates, rates, relates, restates, sates, skates, slates, spates, States, straights, straits, traits, translates, waits, weights. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sated, stade, stead, tsade. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ates, date, east, eats, etas, sade, sate, seat, seta, tads, teas, teds. | |
-2 letters: ads, ate, eat, eds, eta, sad, sae, sat, sea, set, tad, tae, tas, tea, ted. | |
-3 letters: ad, ae, as, at, de, ed, es, et, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-s-t" | |
+1 letter: adepts, basted, cadets, daters, deaths, defats, deltas, demast, derats, desalt, fasted, gasted, hasted, lasted, masted, pasted, salted, sauted, seated, sedate, skated, slated, stades, staged, staked, staled, staned, stared, stated, staved, stayed, steads, steady, tasked, tasted, tawsed, teased, trades, treads, tsades, wadset, wasted. | |
+2 letters: addrest, advects, advents, adverts, agisted, ansated, aridest, astride, attends, auldest, baddest, baldest, bedfast, bestead, blasted, boasted, castled, coasted, dabster, daftest, daleths, dampest, dankest, darkest, darters, dartles, datives, dauties, dawties, deadest, deafest, dearest, dearths, debates, decants, defeats, delates, demasts, dentals, departs, derates, desalts, descant, destain, details, detains, diastem, diaster, dilates, disrate, disseat, donates, dotages, estated, feasted, gadgets, haddest, handset, hardest, hardset, hatreds, headset, heptads, ideates, instead, iodates, maddest, malteds, misdate, pedants, pentads, petards, podesta, redacts, redates, retards, roasted, saddest, sainted, saluted, sauteed, scanted, scarted, scathed, scatted, sedated, sedater, sedates, shafted, slanted, slatted, smarted, solated, spathed, spatted, stabbed, stabled, stacked, staddle, staffed, stagged, staider, stained, stalked, stalled, stamped, standee, stander, stanged, stapled, starred, started, starved, stashed, statued, steaded, steamed, steward, strafed, straked, strawed, strayed, swathed, swatted, sweated, tandems, tardies, tetrads, threads, tirades, toadies, toasted, torsade, traders, trashed, unsated, updates, vistaed, wadsets, waisted, yeasted. | |
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