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Definition of datenext
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as in appointment
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place I have a date to meet my financial consultant at seven o'clock

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2
as in duration
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress the embarrassingly short date of most of his romances

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date

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verb

1
as in to accompany
to go on a social engagement with I don't want to date him—I'd rather just be friends

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as in to attend
to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage we dated for two years before we got engaged

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of date
Noun
With top-sellers improving, the CX-5 numbers fell for two years after a to-date year sales peak of 168,448 in 2021. James Raia, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026 All four Beatles films are set to hit theaters in April 2028, but the exact date has yet to be revealed. Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
Rock art in Australia’s Northern Territory, dated to around 20,000 years ago, was found last century to contain clear traces of human blood. Mike McRae 17, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026 Or consider the Miasma theory, which dates all the way back to Ancient Greece and was a popular contagious disease model throughout the Middle Ages. T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for date
Recent Examples of Synonyms for date
Noun
  • Moody served as Florida's attorney general from 2019 until her appointment to the Senate in January 2025.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The appointment put her in a leading role with the Lakers for the rest of her father’s life.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The duration of Kyrgios’ ban will depend in part on whether he is found to have deliberately taken the drug, and in part on whether the incident happened before the tournament started.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Ford is among the few filmmakers who succeeds in filming a stage performance with visual attention (a combination of duration and framing) that sustains literary continuity yet never recedes to mere home-video-like recording.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Nielsen has taken great pains to caution that there is no guarantee that ratings gains will accompany these changes, which are being implemented to further improve the accuracy of its data gathering.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The news was accompanied by a rare photo from 1968, taken during the famous Mad Day Out photoshoot, also featuring Martha, Paul McCartney’s sheepdog.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Full of music, dance, and vibrant colors, thousands of people gathered to attend the annual Boston Dominican parade and festival on Sunday afternoon.
    Paul Burton, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Min Aung Hlaing also will attend a Myanmar-Russia Business Forum during the trip, MRTV said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Katalyst said over a week later that the team was validating LINK’s performance, and the spacecraft was preparing for its upcoming rendezvous with Swift.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • With the experiments and the team of scientists chosen, two rehearsal flights were conducted before the actual flight, which took off from Las Palmas in the Canary Islands for a rendezvous with the eclipse shadow over Mauritania.
    Dhananjay Khadilkar, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • According to information provided to the court, that witness is expected to testify about coercive interrogation techniques and how memory becomes less reliable over time.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit marks the second time in six years that DePaul has been sued by a mental health provider that worked with the school’s athletes.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • With Nevada and New Mexico following, that will likely require that candidates also court more Latino voters long before voting starts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Atletico have been courting Romero for over a year and are a far better option than the prospect of selling him to rivals Arsenal.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Removing scratches from stainless steel can help restore its sleek, polished look and extend its lifespan.
    Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Durability & Lifespan Of course, the final aspect to a top load vs front load washer to consider is the lifespan.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Date.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/date. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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