blind date

noun

Updated on: 11 Apr 2018

Definition of blind date

1 : a date between two persons who have not previously met

2 : either participant in a blind date

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Examples of blind date in a Sentence

She went out on a blind date with her friend's cousin.

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In an interview with the BBC, Markle said the couple first met in July 2016 on a blind date set up by a mutual friend.

— sheena mckenzie, CNN, "Harry and Meghan's royal wedding florist opts for white roses and peonies," 1 Apr. 2018
The customer was on a blind date, a police report said.

— vic ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, "Suspect in beating of Acapulco Joe's owner charged with aggravated battery," 15 Mar. 2018
Meghan and Harry would go on to have a blind date in summer 2016, which was followed by another date before the pair vacationed together in Botswana.

— peggy truong, Cosmopolitan, "This Is How Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Really Met," 24 Jan. 2018
There’s no way a blind date can be worse than your worst online date.

— sophie saint thomas, GQ, "Bring Back Blind Dates, Dammit," 7 Feb. 2018
Esther and Al Gold, both 93 of Coconut Creek, have been married for over 71 years (their 72nd anniversary will be on July 14, 2018) and courted after first meeting on a blind date in 1940.

— marvin glassman, Jewish Journal, "South Florida couples share secrets of fifty-plus years of wedding bliss," 7 Feb. 2018
During that time one of her students arranged a blind date for Dorothy with the student’s older brother, Stewart Gatchel.

— orlando sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Deaths in Central Florida: 1/30," 30 Jan. 2018
As a young woman, she was asked by a friend to go on a blind date.

— jacques kelly, baltimoresun.com, "Maryan Brieger, Bel Air resident and Hickory Inn restaurateur, dies," 25 Jan. 2018
As graduation from UConn in 1956 neared, Barbara was introduced on a blind date to Harry, who traveled from Montreal, Canada, to meet her.

— courant.com, "Barbara Gross," 25 Jan. 2018

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Definition of blind date for English Language Learners

: an occasion for two people who do not know each other to meet and decide if they may want to have a romantic relationship

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