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Definition: Date |
DateNoun1. The specified day of the month; "what is the date today?". 2. A particular day specified as the time something will happen; "the date of the election is set by law". 3. A meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date". 4. A particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date". 5. The present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date". 6. A participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking". 7. The particular year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class". 8. Sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed. Verb1. Go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart". 2. Stamp with a date, as of a postmark; "The package is dated November 24". 3. Assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings". 4. Date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?" "He is dating his former wife again!". 5. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "date" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Date |
Bible | Date the fruit of a species of palm (q.v.), the Phoenix dactilifera. This was a common tree in Palestine (Joel 1:12; Neh. 8:15). Palm branches were carried by the Jews on festive occasions, and especially at the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:40; Neh. 8:15). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Food & Agriculture | A tall tree with pinnate leaves and large clusters of dioecious flowers that yields the date and is cultivated in many parts of the tropics. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A dark oval single-stoned fruit, growing on a tall tree, Phoenix dactylifera, native to Western Asia and North Africa. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Date Not quite up to date. Said of books somewhat in arrears of the most recent information. Date Solomon Jarchi In and after 1150 Peter de Dacia About 1300 Walter de Elvendene 1327 John Somers, Oxford 1380!! Nicholas de Lynna 1386 Purbach 1150--1461 First printed by Gutenberg, at Mentz 1457 By Regiomontanus, at Nuremberg 1472--3 Zainer, at Ulm 1478 Richard Pynson (Sheapeheard's Kalendar) 1497!! Stöffer, in Venice 1499 Poor Robin's Almanack 1652 Francis Moore's Almanack Between 1698 and 1713 Stamp duty imposed 1710, repealed 1834. The Man i' the Almanac stuck with pins (Nat. Lee), is a man marked with points referring to signs of the zodiac, and intended to indicate the favourable and unfavourable times of letting blood. I shan't consult your almanac (French), I shall not come to you to know what weather to expect. The reference is to the prognostications of weather in almanacs. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A date in a calendar is a reference to a particular day by means of a calendar system. The calendar date allows the particular day to be identified and relative to all other dates. For example February 17, 2003 is ten days after February 7, 2003 in the Gregorian calendar.
In most calendar systems the date consists of three parts: the year, the month and the day of month. There may also be additional parts, such as the day of week. Years are counted from a particular starting point, usually called an era, but sometimes an epoch.
A date with the year part removed may also be referred to as a date or calendar date (e.g. February 7 rather than February 7, 2003). As such it defines the days of an annual festival such as a Birthday or Christmas on December 25th.
Date format
Related to the classification of a day as a specific calendar date, is the format used to express that date.
Even for one calendar system, different formats are used. For example, the following formats all express the same date in the Gregorian calendar:
These are further complicated by the common practice of abbreviating the year to its final two digits, and/or abbreviating the full name of the month to its initial three letters.
- November 16, 2001
- 11/16/2001 - used in places with American influence. This format was traditional in England, whence it was brought to America. Since the 1900s the English have begun to use the d/m/y format, imported from Europe.
- 16 November 2001
- 16/11/2001 or 16.11.2001 or 16-11-2001 - used in places with European influence
- 2001 November 16
- 2001-11-16 - the ISO 8601 International standard ordering for dates.
A significant amount of confusion arises from the ambiguity of a date order; especially with low day, month and/or year numbers, it is impossible to tell which order is being used. Various schemes are used to correct these ambiguities; common schemes include spelling out the month name (or its abbreviation) and using four-digit years. The ISO 8601 date order, with four digit years, is specifically chosen to be unambiguous.
d/m/y (day, month, year) is used by:
m/d/y (month, day, year) is used by:
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- Catalonia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Romania
- Spain
- Switzerland
- UK
y/m/d (year, month, day), the ISO 8601 standard, is used by:
- US
- some traditional UK organisations
- Albania
- Canada (French)
- China
- Hungary
- Japan
- Korea
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Portugal
- South Africa (English)
- Sweden
How to say dates in English
- Day of the month, the month and the year:
- Use on + ordinal of the day. On the 1st of June.
- Use in + only and the month. In June.
- Use about the + date (for approximate dates). About the 25th of December.
- Day of the week: precedes on. Example: open on Sundays.
- Ask the date : what´s the date and what day is it (or today)?.
- Answer a date asking: today´s the + ordinal. Today's the 16th.
- Century: in the + the ordinal of the century. Example: in the 20th. century.
- Decade:
- Precedes in with the number in plural : in the 1990s.
- Follows something for undetermined year of the decade. I.e. : in 1980 something.
- Era:
- A.D. = Anno Domini, Latin for in the year of the Lord, i.e., Christian Era.
- B.C. = Before Christ i.e., before Christian Era.
- B.C.E. = Before Common Era, i.e., before Christian Era.
- C.E. = Common Era; same as Christian Era or Anno Domini.
- See also: calendar, time, date-time group, Japanese calendar
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Calendar date."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
- A calendar date is the name of a day according to a calendar.
- A date is also a fruit.
- A date is an occasion when one meets and goes out with a potential lover or future spouse. See: Dating
- Date, a city located in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan (In Japanese, this should be pronounced as Da Te.)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Date."
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A Date is the fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera. Three main types exist:The type of fruit depends on the invert sugar and sucrose content.
- soft
- semi-dry
- dry
A 100 gram portion of fresh dates is a premium source of vitamin C and supplies 230 kcal (960 kJ) of energy. 100 grams of dried dates, one the other hand, provides 3 grams of dietary fibre and supplies 270 kcal (1130 kJ) of energy.
During Ramadan dates and milk is a traditional first meal when the sun sets.
Classification
- Order: Palmales
- Family: Palmae
Varieties of dates
- medjool
- deglet noor
- amer (amir) hajj
- empress
- barhee (barhi)
External links
Comprehensive page on dates, hosted by Purdue University
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Date (fruit)."
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Date (伊達市; -shi) is a city located in Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 35,468 and the density of 208.33 persons per km². The total area is 170.25 km².
The city was founded on April 1, 1972.
External Links
- Official website in Japanese
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Date, Hokkaido."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A date is an occasion when one meets and goes out with a potential lover or future spouse. In this sense, the purpose of a date is for the people dating to get to know each other and decide whether they want to have a relationship. However, the term is also used to mean a social evening between people who have an established relationship, particularly if the goal is to relax away from day-to-day responsibilities, such as caring for children.See also:
- Dating Do's and Don'ts, a 1949 United States government movie on dating
External Links
- Love Stories is for discussing dating and dating issues.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dating."
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Ever since recorded history began, and probably before, people have found pieces of rock and other hard material with indentations from the remains of dead organisms. These are called fossils, and the totality of these artifacts and their placement in rock striations is referred to as the fossil record.The fossil record is one of the primary sources of data relevant to the study of evolution. Scientists examine fossils in order to understand the process of evolution and the way specific species have evolved.
Dating methods, such as radiometric dating (but not carbon-14 dating, which works only for 0-50,000 years before present), show that some of these fossils are tens of millions of years old. Various dating methods have been used and are used today, and while there is some variance in the results from these dating methods, nearly all of them provide evidence for a very old Earth and for evolution.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fossil record."
Synonyms: DateSynonyms: appointment (n), day of the month (n), engagement (n), escort (n), date stamp (v), go out (v), go steady (v), see (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Anachronism | Adjective: misdated; Verb: undated; overdue, past due; out of date. |
Instantaneity | Verb: fix the time, mark the time; date, register, chronicle; measure time, beat time, mark time; bear date; synchronize watches. |
Noun: chronometry, horometry, horology; date, epoch; style, era. | |
Newness | Late, modern, neoteric, hypermodern, nouveau; new-born, nascent, neonatal, new-fashioned, new-fangled, new-fledged; of yesterday; just out, brand-new, up to date, up to the minute, with it, fashionable, in fashion; in, hip; vernal, renovated, sempervirent, sempervirid. |
Oldness | Antiquated, of other times, rococo, of the old school, after-age, obsolete; out of date, out of fashion, out of it; stale, old-fashioned, behind the age; old-world; exploded; gone out, gone by; passe, run out; senile; time worn; crumbling; (deteriorated); secondhand. |
Posteriority | Adverb: subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later; at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date; next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons; from that time, from that moment; after a while, after a time; in process of time. |
Time | Era, epoch; time of life, age, year, date; decade; (period); moment; (instant). |
Untimeliness | Adjective: ill-timed, mistimed; ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred; untimely, unseasonable; out of date, out of season; inopportune, timeless, intrusive, untoward, mal a propos, unlucky, inauspicious, infelicitous, unbefitting, unpropitious, unfortunate, unfavorable; unsuited; inexpedient. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, you must Jake's hot date. I'm Melanie, Jake's snotty Yankee bitch wife that he refuses to divorce (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox) $2.99, plus by 10% employee discount, since I didn't bring you anything on our date last night (Sling Blade; writing credit: Charles Chaplin) Never date a guy who knows more about your vagina than you do. (City of Angels; writing credit: Dana Stevens. Based on the screenplay for the 1997 film 'Der Himmel über Berlin') So if this is a blind date, how disappointed are you (Moonlight and Valentino; writing credit: Ellen Simon) The guys nobody bets on. We've got a blind date with destiny (Mystery Men; writing credit: Kinka Usher, written by Bob Burden and Neil Cuthbert. Based on the comic book series.) | |
Lyrics | To pick you up on our very first date (First Date; performing artist: Blink-182) Must keep my date to detonate (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC) I might be shy on the first date (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah) Will ever date a model (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx) Every time I call my baby, and ask to get a date ("Summertime Blues"; performing artist: Eddie Cochran) | |
Clever | Work Is First Priority: Too ugly to get a date. (references; author: unknown) Why is there an expiration date on my sour cream container? (references; author: unknown) You work for a defense contractor if you have no concept of time or date. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Luncheon Date (1963) A Date for Dinner (1960) Date rodo (1960) Trouble Date (1960) Date Bait (1960) | |
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![]() | An all trailer camp - date and time unidentified The days of the tent camps in the Lower 48 were over. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Figure 9. Old hinged valve bottle; inventor unknown; date of first use unknown. This example was constructed by Max Marx. Left: Appearance on descent. Right : after closing and ascending. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | Figure 38. Hinged messenger, a model first proposed by the hydrographic laboratory at Copenhagen in 1914. The models shown are of a later date. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | An 8th Air Force B-17 makes a bombing run over Marienburg, Germany, in 1943. The date and photographer are not known. (Army Air Forces photo). |
![]() | Farmer inspecting date grove in Yuma, Az. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. | ![]() | Drip irrigation on newly established date trees. Yuma, Az. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
![]() | Lead tree, Leucaena leucocephala, is checked under field conditions for such traits as flower color and flowering date, pests, and maturity. The plant is used for fiber and livestock feed. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | Ed Perault, helps customers locate the best fishing holes in Arizona. The Arizona Public Lands Information Center (PLIC) is a partnership between the nonprofit Public Lands Interpretive Association and the Bureau of Land Management. The Center offers one-stop-shopping and up to date information on all of the public lands in Arizona. Credit: Chris Tincher. | |
Volunteers help stock "free" information on public lands in the PLIC's lobby. The Arizona Public Lands Information Center (PLIC) is a partnership between the nonprofit Public Lands Interpretive Association and the Bureau of Land Management. The Center offers one-stop-shopping and up to date information on all of the public lands in Arizona. Located at 222 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004. Phone: 602-417-9300. Credit: Chris Tincher. | ![]() | Black and white wash painting of Canvasbacks by Frank W. Benson, a master painter and etcher, who has been called the dean of American duck etchers. The reproduction shown is a pen and ink drawing done at a later date. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home. | |
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| "Old photo" by Erico Dias Commentary: "Photo of a family (1900) aprox. date." | "Tracks" by Scott Ratcliffe Commentary: "This was shot back in july, so its a bit out of date, but for some reason i like it right now. enjoy :-)." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Milton | Why need a man forestall his date of grief, and run to meet that he would most avoid? |
Rita Rudner | Whenever I date a guy, I think, "Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?" |
Voltaire | Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. |
William Henry | What is research, but a blind date with knowledge. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | And all the will, hatreds, and bitterness that have arisen between us and our men, clergy and lay, from the date of the quarrel, we have completely remitted and pardoned to everyone. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2031 | This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The date of the revival shall be that of the notification. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | The Earl named the date. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is the date of the landing of the emperor at Cannes, (r)March 1(r)st , 1815 |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Poetry and art, and the fairest and most memorable of the actions of men, date from such an hour |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | For publication date, select "All Years." (references) | |
From there, results can be sorted by publication date, author, or relevance. (references) | ||
Three had borderline histology, and, therefore, diagnosis at a later date may not have affected survival. (references) | ||
Business | On the due date, a procurement committee may open all offers. (references) | |
No American carrier to date has requested landing rights to Dubai. (references) | ||
This is the second such statement signed to date in the Western Hemisphere. (references) | ||
Children | Cape Verde | The measure seeks to enable such students to resume their studies at later date because students who drop out because of pregnancy or nursing usually remain out too long to be readmitted into the age group that the law permits to receive free education. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Ghana | The NRP held its rally at a later date. (references) |
Panama | No new date had been announced by year's end. (references) | |
Economic History | Botswana | To date, BEDIA's record is mixed. (references) |
Tanzania | There were 927 employees as at the same date. (references) | |
Nepal | However, results to date have been disappointing. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | By year's end, no date had been set. (references) |
Kenya | The trial date was pending at year's end. (references) | |
Ghana | No hearing date had been set by year's end. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Brazil | However, no trial date had been set by year's end. (references) |
Minorities | Uzbekistan | The law originally required that Uzbek would be the sole method of official communication by 1998, but subsequently was modified to remove a specific date. (references) |
Cape Verde | While some cases date from 1975, after 1990 the rate of incidence increased; however, in contrast to previous years, there were no incidents during the year. (references) | |
Political Economy | Costa Rica | Some of them date back thirty years. (references) |
THE BAHAMAS | To date no such council has been established. (references) | |
COSTA RICA | Some unpaid expropriation claims date back to the early-1970s. (references) | |
Political Rights | Burundi | On that date, the regime dissolved the National Assembly and banned political parties. (references) |
Bangladesh | During the year, the Government assumed the power to order the Election Commission to conduct upazila elections on a date of the Government's choosing. (references) | |
Georgia | The CEC cited inadequate financing and claimed that the adopted legislation required a number of technical amendments that could not be implemented by the election date. (references) | |
Trade | Honduras | However, bank supervision has been poor to date. (references) |
Argentina | This license is valid for 60 days from the approval date. (references) | |
El Salvador | D. Labels on frozen and canned foods must include an expiration date. (references) | |
Travel | Syria | Exact date to be confirmed. (references) |
Italy | A carnet is usually valid for 1 year from the date of issuance and is issued at moderate cost. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | The visa may be extended at the discretion of the Saudi Embassy or Consulate prior to the expiration date. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Congo | The letter of intent must include the strike date, at which time the strike legally may begin, even if arbitration is not complete. (references) |
Colombia | The Prosecutor General's office reported investigating 110 cases of trafficking between 1998-2001, resulting in 18 convictions to date. (references) | |
Slovak Republic | Firms operating in such zones must comply with the labor code; there have been no reports of special involvement by the trade unions to date. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of. A king, in times long, long gone by, Said to his lazy jester: "If I were you and you were I My moments merrily would fly -- Nor care nor grief to pester." "The reason, Sire, that you would thrive," The fool said -- "if you'll hear it -- Is that of all the fools alive Who own you for their sovereign, I've The most forgiving spirit." Oogum Bem KING'S :EVIL:, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, but has now to be treated by the physicians. Thus 'the most pious Edward" of England used to lay his royal hand upon the ailing subjects and make them whole -- a crowd of wretched souls That stay his cure: their malady convinces The great essay of art; but at his touch, Such sanctity hath Heaven given his hand, They presently amend, as the "Doctor" in Macbeth hath it. This useful property of the royal hand could, it appears, be transmitted along with other crown properties; for according to "Malcolm," 'tis spoken To the succeeding royalty he leaves The healing benediction. But the gift somewhere dropped out of the line of succession: the later sovereigns of England have not been tactual healers, and the disease once honored with the name "king's evil" now bears the humbler one of "scrofula," from scrofa, a sow. The date and author of the following epigram are known only to the author of this dictionary, but it is old enough to show that the jest about Scotland's national disorder is not a thing of yesterday. Ye Kynge his evill in me laye, Wh. he of Scottlande charmed awaye. He layde his hand on mine and sayd: "Be gone!" Ye ill no longer stayd. But O ye wofull plyght in wh. I'm now y-pight: I have ye itche! The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is dead, but like many a departed conviction it has left a monument of custom to keep its memory green. The practice of forming a line and shaking the President's hand had no other origin, and when that great dignitary bestows his healing salutation on strangely visited people, All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye, The mere despair of surgery, he and his patients are handing along an extinguished torch which once was kindled at the altar-fire of a faith long held by all classes of men. It is a beautiful and edifying "survival" -- one which brings the sainted past close home in our "business and bosoms." |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Harland Braun | To Van Nuys. And there, the district attorney will either not file a complaint and the charges will then lapse, or they'll file a complaint and they'll set bail or not set bail, and they'll set a date for a preliminary hearing. |
Lynda Carter | This is probably the most exciting thing that I've done to date. It is a role-playing game for PC and for the new Xbox that's coming out. And I do the voices of the Nords, all the women. |
Naomi Campbell | I don't know. I felt just, I don't know, obsessed. It was such a buildup to waiting for this date to arrive. |
Rosie O'Donnell | Right away. I mean, I was a little bit nervous because I had a kid, I had a baby, Parker. I thought it would be weird to date people, you have a baby. But she's an amazing person. And she brings me tremendous joy. I'm very lucky, I feel. |
Rush Limbaugh | Democrats will be heading to the courts left and right whenever they lose elections now that Lautenberg has replaced Torricelli at this late date in New Jersey. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | What will be that of the negotiations for settling our differences with Spain nothing which had taken place at the date of the last dispatches enables us to pronounce. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | At a recent date an attack was made on a post of the enemy near Niagara by a detachment of the regular and other forces under the command of Major-General Van Rensselaer, of the militia of the State of New York. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | In the West Indies piracy is of recent date, which may explain the cause why other powers have not combined against it. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Some difficulties occurred on his arrival, but at the date of his last official dispatch he supposed they had been obviated and that there was every prospect of the exchange being speedily effected. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The Commission is already at work and its recommendations will be made at an early date. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Th evidence to date indicates that all known offensive missile sites in Cuba have been dismantled. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | America took the lead in negotiating this treaty and America should now take steps to have it approved at the earliest possible date. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Legislation to get this started must be approved at the earliest possible date. |
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| "Date" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.61% of the time. "Date" is used about 12,144 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 (singular) | 87.61% | 10,640 | 875 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 11.75% | 1,427 | 5,638 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.6% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.03% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12,144 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "date": advance the date ♦ after date ♦ amendment date ♦ application date ♦ arithmetic date ♦ arithmetical date ♦ arrival date ♦ at an early date ♦ at short date ♦ be out of date ♦ be up to date ♦ be up to date with one's work ♦ be up to date with the developments ♦ be up to date with the news ♦ bear date ♦ blind date ♦ bring up to date ♦ bringing up to date ♦ calendar date ♦ calendric date ♦ calendrical date ♦ carbon date ♦ Chinese date ♦ cloded date ♦ closing date ♦ closing date for the subscription lists ♦ completion date ♦ coupon due date ♦ creation date ♦ current date ♦ date ahead ♦ date back ♦ date back to ♦ date bar ♦ date block ♦ date bread ♦ date conflict ♦ date expression ♦ Date fish ♦ date for payment ♦ date from ♦ date grove ♦ date line ♦ date of amendment ♦ date of arrival ♦ date of birth ♦ date of completion ♦ date of lapsing ♦ date of payment ♦ date of payment of interest ♦ date of reference ♦ date or time or period format code ♦ date or time or period value ♦ date palm ♦ date palm leaf syrup ♦ date plum ♦ date prepared ♦ date rape ♦ Date shell ♦ date smb. ♦ date stamp ♦ Date tree ♦ date type expression ♦ date up ♦ delivery date ♦ departure date ♦ double date ♦ due date ♦ due date of coupon ♦ due date register ♦ earliest date ♦ earliest event date ♦ earliest finish date ♦ earliest start date ♦ ex date ♦ expiration date ♦ expiry date ♦ fix a date ♦ from that date on ♦ future date testing ♦ go out of date ♦ imposed date ♦ inception date ♦ international date line ♦ Julian date ♦ last date for entries ♦ MAC computation date ♦ MAC computed date ♦ maturity date ♦ modified Julian date ♦ nail down to a date ♦ of ancient date ♦ of even date ♦ of recent date ♦ official date ♦ out of date ♦ payable date ♦ preparation date ♦ pull date ♦ qualifying date ♦ rain date. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "date": date-guessers, date-mark, date-nut bread, date-of, date-of-birth, date-plum, date-pudding, date-stamp, date-stamped, date-stamping, date-stamps, Date-stones, date-time group, date-tree. | |
Ending with "date": out-of-date, post-date, pre-date, up-date, up-to-date. | |
Containing "date": keep up-to-date with the news, obsolete outdated outmoded out-of-date superannuated, of-date-stock, up-to-date technique, up-to-date-records. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
date | 4,442 | pregnancy due date calculator | 262 |
blind date | 2,235 | find a date | 253 |
due date calculator | 941 | date manager | 249 |
holiday date | 853 | date of birth | 246 |
dvd release date | 761 | radiohead tour date | 239 |
pregnancy due date | 675 | tour date | 234 |
up to date | 568 | save the date | 204 |
due date | 465 | hot date | 194 |
date idea | 464 | online date | 194 |
sims hot date | 460 | blind date tv | 187 |
date and time | 457 | due date calendar | 187 |
movie release date | 421 | sex date | 176 |
first date | 410 | blind date tv show | 172 |
date father day | 405 | hurry date | 171 |
save the date card | 330 | mate and date | 168 |
concert date | 328 | cheat date hot sims | 164 |
today date | 290 | cd release date | 162 |
jewish date | 266 | 2 date halo release | 159 |
date jordan release | 265 | j date | 158 |
julian date | 264 | conception date | 156 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "date"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | datum, dateer, afspraak (accommodation, accord, agreement, appointment, rendezvous). (various references) | |
Albanian | datë. (various references) | |
Arabic | موعد (appointment, engagement, rendezvous, time), حدد موعد, حدد تاريخ, تمر (dates, dried dates), تاريخي (genetic, genetical, historic, historical), تاريخ (chronicle, chronicles, history, pedigree, story), سجل تاريخ, عهد (ally, covenant, epoch, era, pact, period, pledge, promise, rule, testament, time), عصر (age, compress, compressing, crush, eon, epoch, era, period, press, ream, squeeze, strain, time, update, wring), عجوة (pressed dates), ضرب موعدا, أرخ (antedate), ديمومة مدة, بلح, بقاء (biding, duration, endurance, existence, immortality, permanence, subsistence, survival). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | среща (get together, match, meet, meeting, rendezvous), ходя (foot, get about, go, navigate, step, walk), човек с когото предстои среща, фурма, време (day, length, occasion, tide, time, weather, when, while), определям среща, определям датата, епоха (age, chapter, epoch, era, period), личат ми годините, приятелка (cummer, friend, girl friend), приятел (butty, chum, fellow, friend, pal, sidekick), поставям дата на, период (age, circle, cycle, epoch, period, phase, repetend, season, spell, term, time), дата (when), датирам (ascend). (various references) | |
Chinese | 日期 . (various references) | |
Czech | datum. (various references) | |
Danish | daddel, dato. (various references) | |
Dutch | datum, dadel, dactylus. (various references) | |
Esperanto | dato, dati, daktilo, rendevuo (appointment, rendezvous). (various references) | |
Faeroese | dagfesta, dadla, loynifundur (appointment, rendezvous), ástarfundur (appointment, rendezvous). (various references) | |
Farsi | مدت معین کردن , نخل (Palm), تاریخ گذاردن , تاریخ (Era, History), سنه (Year), زمان (Moment, Time, Zeitgeist), خرما, درخت خرما. (various references) | |
Finnish | taateli, päivämäärä. (various references) | |
French | date (date issued, issue date), rendez-vous, datte, dater. (various references) | |
Frisian | dei (day), datearje, ôfspraak (accommodation, accord, agreement, appointment, rendezvous). (various references) | |
German | Datum (datum, fact, piece of data), dattel, Termin (appointed day, appointed time, appointment, deadline, fixture, hearing), verabredung (agreement, appointment, arrangement, assignation, collusion, conspiracy, engagement, scheduling, tryst), rendezvous (appointment, rendezvous), datieren (dating, to date). (various references) | |
Greek | ημερομηνία, χουρμάς. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | datë. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לתארך, לקבוע תאריך, לקבוע זמן, לרשום תאריך, תמר (palm tree), תאריך, זמן (time), דקל (palm tree). (various references) | |
Hungarian | randevú (appointment, blind date, rendezvous, tryst), dátum, találka (rendezvous, tryst), datolya. (various references) | |
Icelandic | dagsetning. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tanggal, kurma, kencan, berkencan. (various references) | |
Irish | dáta. (various references) | |
Italian | dattero (date palm), data, datare, appuntamento (appointment, assignation, engagement, meeting, rendezvous), termine (boundary, conclusion, end, ending, expiry, last, limit, term, terminus, time, word), scadenza (deadline, due date, expiration, expiry, expiry date, matureness, maturity, run, term). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 月日 (days, time, years), 年代 (age, era, period), 年月日 , 媾曳 (assignation, rendezvous), 媾曳き (assignation, rendezvous), 棗椰子 , 付け (bill, bill of sale, dated, external, fixed), 日付け (dating), 逢瀬 (meeting, tryst), 時日 (time), データ通信 (daemon, daily, daily express, Daily Mirror, daily satellite feed, daily spread, data communication, date club, date girl, date spot, day, daylight, daylight screen, daylight type, demon, diesel, go on a date), 開催日 , 逢い引き (assignation, rendezvous), 逢引 (assignation, rendezvous), 逢引き (assignation, rendezvous), 日付 (dating). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おうせ (meeting, tryst), がっぴ, デーツ , デート (go on a date), なつめやし, ねんがっぴ, ねんだい (age, era, period), ひづけ (dating), づけ (dated, external, fixed), かづけ (dating), かいさいび, あいびき (assignation, beef and pork ground together, rendezvous), じじつ (fact, reality, time, truth). (various references) | |
Korean | 날짜. (various references) | |
Manx | date. (various references) | |
Norwegian | daddel, avtale (accommodation, accord, accordance, agreement, appointment, concurrence, fix, rendezvous). (various references) | |
Papiamen | deit (appointment, rendezvous), dadel, fecha. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ateday.(various references) | |
Polish | data. (various references) | |
Portuguese | tâmara, data, datar. (various references) | |
Romanian | datå, datã (bout, data, datum, day, facts, once, sitting, time), data, zi (at home, day, daylight, days, light, times), vreme (age, day, era, tide, time, times, weather, while), timp (age, beat, course, cycle, day, distance, epoch, era, hour, length, period, season, tense, term, time, weather, while), perioadã (age, cycle, day, distance, epoch, era, lapse, period, repetend, season, stadium, stage, streak, term, tide, time), invitaţie (bidding, call, engagement, invitation), epocã (aeon, age, day, epoch, era, period, time), curmalã, curmal (date palm), întîlnire (appointment, rendezvous), întâlnire (appointment, assignation, contest, engagement, event, fight, joint, meet, meeting, rendezvous, tryst). (various references) | |
Russian | число (number). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | datum (datum), datirati, zabavljati se (disport oneself, go out with, toy), utvrditi datum, sastanak (meeting, rendezvous), randevu (assignation, rendezvous, tryst). (various references) | |
Spanish | fecha (d, day), dátil, cita (appointment, assignation, citation, engagement, extract, meeting, quotation, quote, rendezvous, tryst), datil. (various references) | |
Swahili | tarehe. (various references) | |
Swedish | datum (dates), datera, dadel, träff (gathering, get together, hit, meeting, rendezvous), tidpunkt (hour, juncture, moment, time, when). (various references) | |
Turkish | dönem (circle, day, epoch, period, semester, session, spell, term), flört etmek (flirt, go out, go together, go with, keep company with, philander, spoon, walk out with), bayatlamak (become stale, stale), buluşma (appointment, assignation, meeting, rendezvous, tryst), buluşmak (date up, get together, happen on, happen upon, meet), eski bir tarihten geliyor olmak, eskiden kalmak, çıkmak (ascend, break out, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, get off, go for, go forth, go off, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, occur, originate, peep, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pull out, pullulate, quit, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take out, take to, walk out, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out), flört (flirt, flirtation, wooing), zamanını belirlemek, hurma, randevu (appointment, assignation, engagement, rendezvous, tryst), tarih (annals, history), tarih atmak, vade (credit, deferment, expiration, expiry, matureness, maturity, prompt, tenor, time), zaman (bout, cycle, day, father time, hour, sands, season, tense, time, when, while, whilst), eskimek (become old, frazzle, grow old, stale, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sene, hurma. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | відносити до певного часу, датувати, датуватися, доба (age, era), період (age, cycle, day, hour, period, spell), пора (day, osculum, ostiole, pore, season), епоха (age, day, epoch, period), дата, обчислювати (calculate, compute, cypher, determine, figure out, numerate), строк (day, hour, spell, term), число (number, numeric, tale, tally), час (hour, tense, time, while), рахувати (compute, count, number, reckon), ставити дату, ставити число, стосуватися певної епохи, мати дату. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự hẹn gặp, niên hiệu, ngày tháng (when), kỳ hạn thời kỳ. (various references) | |
Welsh | dyddio (become day, dawn), dyddiad, cadw oed (have a date, keep an appointment, spend time with), amseru (time), amseriad (dating, tempo, timing). (various references) | |
Xhosa | ngosuku (By the date). (various references) | |
Zulu | ilidethi, idethi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | balanus, caryota, caryotis, palma, palmae, palmam, palmarum, palmas, palmis, Phoenix dactylifera. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Didote meqhn toiV en lupaiV kai oinon pinein toiV en odunaiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Date siceram maerentibus et vinum his qui amaro sunt animo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Yiueth cither to mornende men, and win to hem that ben in bitter inwit. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that are of heavy hearts. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Hatagi ug maisug nga ilimnon kadtong andam na sa pagkahanaw, Ug vino niadtong ginapaitan sa kalag: |
| Chinese | 可 以 把 濃 酒 給 將 亡 的 人 喝 . 把 清 酒 給 苦 心 的 人 喝 . |
| Croatian | Dajte žestoko piæe onomu koji æe propasti i vino èovjeku komu je gorèina u duši: |
| Danish | Giv den segnende stærke Drikke, og giv den mismodige Vin; |
| Dutch | Geeft sterken drank dengene, die verloren gaat, en wijn dengenen, die bitterlijk bedroefd van ziel zijn; |
| Finnish | Antakaa väkevää juomaa menehtyvälle ja viiniä murhemielisille. |
| French | Donnez des liqueurs fortes à celui qui périt, Et du vin à celui qui a l`amertume dans l`âme; |
| German | Gebt starkes Getränk denen, die am Umkommen sind, und den Wein den betrübten Seelen, |
| Hungarian | Adjátok a részegítõ italt az elveszendõnek, és a bort a keseredett szívûeknek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Minuman keras adalah untuk mereka yang merana dan bersedih hati. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Berikanlah minuman yang keras kepada orang yang putus asa, dan air anggur kepada orang yang sangat berdukacita hatinya. |
| Italian | Date bevande inebrianti a chi sta per perire e il vino a chi ha l'amarezza nel cuore. |
| Maori | Hoatu he wai kaha ma te tangata e tata ana te marere, he waina hoki ki nga wairua pouri: |
| Norwegian | Gi sterk drikk til den som er sin undergang nær, og vin til den som er bedrøvet i sjelen! |
| Portuguese | Dai bebida forte ao que está para perecer, e o vinho ao que está em amargura de espírito. |
| Rumanian | Dayi bquturi tari celui ce piere, wi vin, celui cu sufletul amqrkt; |
| Russian | дБКФЕ УЙЛЕТХ РПЗЙВБАЭЕНХ Й ЧЙОП ПЗПТЮЕООПНХ ДХЫЕА; |
| Spanish | Dad licor al que va a perecer, y vino a los de ánimo amargado. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "date": dateable, datebook, datebooks, dated, datedly, datedness, datednesses, dateless, dateline, datelined, datelines, datelining, dater, daters, dates. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "date": acaudate, accommodate, airdate, antedate, backdate, birthdate, candidate, caudate, chordate, consolidate, cordate, cuspidate, denudate, depredate, dilapidate, ecaudate, elucidate, emendate, exudate, fecundate, fluoridate, foredate, gradate, hemichordate, incudate, intimidate, inundate, invalidate, iodate, lapidate, liquidate, mandate, methylphenidate, misdate, mithridate, molybdate, noncandidate, obcordate, outdate, oxidate, pedate, playdate, postdate, predate, reconsolidate, redate, retardate, revalidate, sedate, subcordate, subinfeudate. (additional references) | |
Words containing "date": accommodated, accommodates, airdates, antedated, antedates, backdated, backdates, birthdates, candidates, caudated, caudates, chordates, consolidated, consolidates, cordately, denudated, denudates, depredated, depredates, dilapidated, dilapidates, elucidated, elucidates, emendated, emendates, exudates, fecundated, fecundates, fluoridated, fluoridates, foredated, foredates, gradated, gradates, hemichordates, intimidated, intimidates, inundated, inundates, invalidated, invalidates, iodated, iodates, lapidated, lapidates, liquidated, liquidates, mandated, mandates, methylphenidates, misdated. (additional references) | |
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"Date" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adate, adta, advt, daat, dabe, Dactu, dae, daet, Dage, daht, dait, daitle, daje, dakt, danta, Dartec, Dartle, dashe, D'asti, Dastle, datae, datal, datar, Datd, datec, datek, datem, Datemi, daten, Dateq, datex, dati, Datir, dato, daton, dats, datta, datte, Datu, datux, Dauto, d'autre, dave, dawt, daxe, daxt, daye, dazt, Dbauto, Dbto, deet, derat, derats, deste, deta, dete, detek, detel, detet, deti, deto, Detta, Dette, Dhat, dhater, diate, Dikte, Dipteb, dite, diti, ditu, dotec, dotee, doteq, dothe, dotte, drate, dt, dta, dtac, dtake, dte, Dten, d'thee, duate, dutce, dute, dvta, dwt, dzat, Odete, udate, udite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "date" (pronounced dā"t) |
| 3 | d ā" t | postdate, predate, sedate, update. |
| 2 | -ā" t | abate, ate, await, bait, Bate, berate, Cate, collate, conflate, conjugate, crate, create, debate, deflate, demodulate, desecrate, dictate, dilate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fete, freight, gait, gate, gestate, grate, great, hate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, intrastate, irate, late, lightweight, mate, misstate, multistate, negate, oblate, ornate, overrate, overweight, pate, plate, procreate, prorate, rate, Recriminate, reflate, reinstate, relate, remunerate, restate, sate, skate, slate, spate, state, straight, Strait, Tate, trait, translate, underrate, upstate, wait, weight. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-t" | |
-1 letter: ate, eat, eta, tad, tae, tea, ted. | |
-2 letters: ad, ae, at, de, ed, et, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-t" | |
+1 letter: acted, adept, anted, bated, cadet, dated, dater, dates, dealt, death, defat, delta, derat, fated, gated, hated, lated, mated, pated, rated, sated, stade, stead, tamed, taped, tared, tawed, taxed, trade, tread, tsade. | |
+2 letters: abated, adepts, adnate, advect, advent, advert, airted, alated, anteed, ardent, atoned, attend, autoed, azoted, baited, basted, bathed, batted, boated, cadent, cadets, canted, carted, catted, coated, crated, dafter, daleth, darted, darter, dartle, daters, dative, dauted, dautie, dawted, dawtie, dearth, deaths, deathy, debate, decant, defats, defeat, delate, deltas, demast, dental, depart, derate, derats, desalt, detach, detail, detain, dilate, doated, donate, dotage, dreamt, elated, fasted, fatted, gadget, gaited, gasted, grated, hafted, halted, hanted, hasted, hatred, hatted, heated, heptad, ideate, iodate, lasted, lathed, malted, marted, masted, matted, meated, moated, orated, panted, parted, pasted, patted, pedant, pedate, pentad, petard, plated, prated, rafted, ranted, ratted, redact, redate, retard, salted, sauted, seated, sedate, skated, slated, stades, staged, staked, staled, staned, stared, stated, staved, stayed, steads, steady, tabbed, tabled, tabued, tacked, tagged, tailed, talced, talked, tamped, tandem, tanged, tanked, tanned, tapped, tarred, tarted, tasked, tasted, tatted, tauted, tawsed, taxied, teamed, teared, teased, teated, tetrad, thawed, thread, tirade, togaed, traced, traded, trader, trades, treads, tsades, update, vatted, wadset, wafted, waited, wanted, warted, wasted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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