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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
There were multiple cameras documenting the entire night for a concert film to be aired at a later date — details are yet to be revealed. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026 That claim is debatable as the original date of construction is unknown. — Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
Establishing a sound ground game has been a top goal for the Chargers, dating to 2017, never more so than after Harbaugh was hired to replace Brandon Stanley as coach and Joe Hortiz was hired to replace Tom Telesco as general manager. — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026 The data showed that reliable delivery dates influence nearly half of a shopper’s purchase decision, which is a figure that nearly matches the 51 percent of retailers who already cite delivery-date accuracy as a top conversion tactic. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 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
  • 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
Definition of appointment
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
Definition of duration
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
Definition of accompany
Verb
  • Emomee plans to attend Mipcom later this year to pursue new deals across distribution and licensing.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
  • That evening, Buttigieg attended a dinner at a church in Orangeburg, a nearly three-quarters Black city with a deep history in the Civil Rights Movement.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of attend
Noun
  • This intimate rendezvous of volunteers was part of Florida’s efforts the last couple years to update its science standards.
    — Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Katalyst was able to regain control of the satellite, but the company acknowledged that the issue cost it time, which would delay LINK’s rendezvous with Swift by about a month.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of rendezvous
Noun
  • New Florida women’s soccer coach Nick Zimmerman wasted little time signaling better days are ahead — much sooner than anyone expected.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Lanterns wastes little time explaining this backstory ad nauseam and instead creates an immediately inviting dynamic between him and Hal, who comes to him demanding information on Manhunters.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of time
Verb
  • Rogers is a vehement supporter of Israel himself, and has begun courting the vote of Jewish Democrats who do not want to support el Sayed.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Damon’s visit to Disneyland with his daughters came after his family also stole the show at various red carpet events around the world, particularly ahead of the release of The Odyssey — for which Damon has courted major Oscar buzz.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of court
Noun
  • On the sidewalk in front of her family apartment building in the Leopoldstadt neighborhood, the families of her adult grandchildren have placed a Stone of Remembrance, a brass plaque providing her lifespan and site of death.
    — David Pollak, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, incoming lithium causes graphite particles to swell, pushing against surrounding materials and generating internal mechanical stress that shortens battery lifespan.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of lifespan

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“Date.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/date. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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