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noun

Definition of datenext
1
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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Relevance
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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2
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
The victim, who Dallas police said was dating Melo-Munoz, was taken to a hospital in stable condition. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 Those who’ve reported to ICE offices after receiving the notices have been outfitted with ankle monitors that allow authorities to track their location, Dorsainvil says, and many have been assigned court dates in about a month. — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for date
Recent Examples of Synonyms for date
  1. appointment
  2. duration
  3. accompany
  4. attend
  5. rendezvous
  6. time
  7. court
  8. lifespan
Noun
  • These workers regularly visited pregnant women’s homes, explained the warning signs of complications and urged them to attend prenatal appointments, often escorting them there.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But since Oliver Glasner’s appointment, the Austrian has been working with McAtee — who had already spent the summer working on building his physique — on operating in a deeper role.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of appointment
Noun
  • From long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station to helping prepare the Artemis generation, his contributions have helped position NASA for what comes next.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Sky-gazers in Greenland and Iceland will experience the longest duration of totality — about two minutes and 15 seconds — in the late afternoon and early evening.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of duration
Verb
  • Psychiatric disorders are generally divided into mood disorders and psychotic disorders, Osborne said; postpartum psychosis is a mood disorder, in which mood symptoms accompany psychotic symptoms.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Two label departures in three days, both accompanied by explicit reassurances that TWICE group activities will continue unchanged, suggest the transition is proceeding as planned rather than as a rupture.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of accompany
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
Definition of attend
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
Definition of rendezvous
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
Definition of time
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
Definition of court
Noun
  • Huang says the systems can be improved through his company's CUDA software, and their lifespans extended, leading to better economics.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Software built that way accumulates weight rather than value, and its usable lifespan shrinks instead of extending.
    — Muhammad Muzammil Rawjani, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of lifespan

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“Date.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/date. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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