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English noun: date | |||
| 1. | date (time) the specified day of the month | ||
| Samples | What is the date today?. | ||
| Synonyms | day of the month | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | birthday, due date, maturity, maturity date, natal day | ||
| Instance hyponym | 6 June 1944, D-day | ||
| 2. | date (person) a participant in a date | ||
| Samples | His date never stopped talking. | ||
| Synonyms | escort | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | associate, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blind date | ||
| Member meronym | appointment, date, engagement | ||
| 3. | date (group) a meeting arranged in advance | ||
| Samples | She asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date. | ||
| Synonyms | appointment, engagement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | get together, meeting | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blind date, double date, rendezvous, tryst | ||
| Member holonym | date, escort | ||
| 4. | date (time) a particular but unspecified point in time | ||
| Samples | They hoped to get together at an early date. | ||
| Synonyms | particular date | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | point, point in time | ||
| 5. | date (time) the present | ||
| Samples | They are up to date. We haven't heard from them to date. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nowadays, present | ||
| 6. | date (time) the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred | ||
| Samples | He tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | calendar day, calendar month, calendar year, civil day, civil year, month | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | date of reference, epoch | ||
| 7. | date (time) a particular day specified as the time something happens | ||
| Samples | The date of the election is set by law. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | future date, rain date, sell-by date | ||
| 8. | date (food) sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | edible fruit | ||
| Part meronym | date palm, Phoenix dactylifera | ||
English verb: date | |||
| 1. | date (social) go on a date with | ||
| Samples | Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | double-date | ||
| Verb group | date, go out, go steady, see | ||
| 2. | date (cognition) stamp with a date | ||
| Samples | The package is dated November 24. | ||
| Synonyms | date stamp | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | date, stamp | ||
| 3. | date (cognition) assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of | ||
| Samples | Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | determine, set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chronologise, chronologize, misdate | ||
| 4. | date (social) date regularly; have a steady relationship with | ||
| Samples | Did you know that she is seeing an older man?. He is dating his former wife again!. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue date, Sam cannot date Sue | ||
| Synonyms | go out, go steady, see | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affiliate, associate, assort, consort | ||
| Verb group | date | ||
| 5. | date (cognition) provide with a dateline; mark with a date | ||
| Samples | She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | date, date stamp, date-mark, dateline, datemark | ||
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