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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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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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Recent Examples of date
Noun
Not just that, an entire floor was shut down for the date. Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 27 Oct. 2025 Want to stay up to date on IndieWire’s film reviews and critical thoughts? Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
Prosecutors said Howe, who was upset his girlfriend was dating Estrada, went to the encampment and found the woman with Estrada. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025 And then, after like a few months of dating, boom, guess what? Glamour, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for date
Recent Examples of Synonyms for date
Noun
  • So all of the sort of subsequent appointments, votes, designations, whatever are moot from the beginning.
    State House News Service, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Parents are already scheduling play dates and doctor’s appointments, so mapping out a bedtime routine can feel insurmountable.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Everyone in Jamaica should be preparing for a major hurricane strike with a long duration of hurricane conditions lasting 2-3+ days Saturday/Sunday into Monday/Tuesday next week.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • For Engelhardt, the problem screen time named was not merely one of duration but one of pace.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • White is accompanied on the emotional adventure by Jeremy Strong, who plays Springsteen's co-producer and manager Jon Landau, as well as Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, and Odessa Young.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Although only five minutes in length, The Magic Lantern gives us a momentary glimpse of the magic of cinema as a burgeoning medium and the inchoate experimentation that accompanied its first decades as a studio invention.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One person commented on her post suggested that OP just pick one party to attend.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Students graduate as military officers, and 98% of them transfer to other colleges to complete a four-year degree after attending.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The life of a Domingo girl consists of vacations and secret rendezvous.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But as for any chance that this moon/Venus rendezvous might have any influence on our lives in any way, forget it.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro also said that Carranza was innocent and that his boat was displaying a distress signal at the time of the attack, according to CBS News.
    Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The display area matches the size of a human pupil and achieves a resolution beyond 25,000 pixels per inch (ppi), which is about 150 times denser than most smartphone screens.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • News that Sheridan is closing a megabucks deal with NBCUniversal, as courted by entertainment chief Donna Langley, was first reported Sunday by Puck.
    William Earl, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Nicklaus was portrayed as being courted by Golf Saudi in the early 2020s for a leadership role in the creation of LIV Golf, the would-be rival to the PGA Tour.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The research team also claims that the method holds the potential to significantly reduce battery charging times while improving specific energy and operational lifespan.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Early in its lifespan, the Abzorb 2010 has featured in collaborations with Kith and Wtaps.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Date.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/date. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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