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date
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[ noun ] the specified day of the month
Synonyms Examples "what is the date today?" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)It urged that the next Legislature `` provide enabling funds and re-set the effective date so_that an orderly implementation of the law may be effected '' . (The New York Times,...)Nine of the league 's teams play in baseball parks and therefore face an early season conflict in dates . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)After Thursday 's open date , Solly plans to open with Larry_Jackson against the Cubs here Friday night . After a lengthy workout yesterday , an open date , Hemus said that Bob_Nieman definitely would stay in the lineup . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Allied_Arts corporation first listed the Chicago dates as Dec. 4 thru 10 . |
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[ noun ] a particular day specified as the time something will happen
Examples "the date of the election is set by law" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a meeting arranged in advance
Synonyms Examples "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Among my school and neighborhood friends , during the next months , I bragged and swaggered and pompously described my impending date . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Charlie_Marble was back_and_forth on several occasions , first to confer_with Andy on the advisability of cancelling the Las_Vegas engagement - they decided it was wise - and later to announce that a prominent comedian , also an agency client , had agreed to fill the casino 's open date . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a particular but unspecified point in time
Examples "they hoped to get together at an early date" Used in print (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)Counsel for du_Pont indicated a preference for the submission of detailed plans by both sides at an early date . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the present
Examples "they are up to date" "we haven't heard from them to date" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)At this date , it seems probable that the name of Serge_Prokofieff will appear in the archives of History , as an effective Traditionalist , who was fully aware of the lure and danger of experimentation , and used it as it served his purpose ; yet was never caught_up in it - never a slave to its academic dialectics . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a participant in a date
Synonyms Examples "his date never stopped talking" Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Having received permission to give a camp reunion Halloween party , she asked that I come and be her date . Again among those jubilantly reunited bunkmates , I was shy with Jessie and acted as I had during those early Saturday mornings when we all seemed to be playing_for_effect , to be detached and unconcerned with the girls who were properly our dates but about whom , later , in the privacy of our bunks , we would think in_terms_of the most elaborate romance . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)The terms are fairly safe to use on this side of the ocean , but before you start spouting them to your date , it might be best to find_out if he was a member of Major_Pockmanster 's Delhi_Regiment , since resentment toward the natives was reportedly very high in_that outfit . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
Examples "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry,botany,food) sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
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[ verb ] stamp with a date, as of a postmark
Synonyms Examples "The package is dated November 24" Used in print (The New York Times,...)The letter , dated Feb. 22 , was delivered to Premier_Khrushchev in Novosibirsk , Siberia , on March 9 . Related terms |
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[ verb ] assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
Examples "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Some date it from woman suffrage , others from when women first began to challenge men in the marketplace , still others from the era of the emancipated flapper and bathtub_gin . Related terms |
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[ verb ] go on a date with
Examples "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" Used in print (Harry Olesker, Impact....)But Blanche had been able to maintain a serene and assured composure in the face of her widowed mother 's continued carping , had been able to resist her urgings to date anyone who offered the slightest possibility of matrimony . Related terms |
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