Dictionary entry details
• DATE (noun)
Meaning:
The specified day of the month
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
date; day of the month
Context example:
what is the date today?
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
24-hour interval; day; mean solar day; solar day; twenty-four hour period; twenty-four hours (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "date"):
due date; maturity; maturity date (the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid)
birthday; natal day (the date on which a person was born)
Instance hyponyms:
6 June 1944; D-day (day of the allied landing in France, World War II)
Meaning:
A particular day specified as the time something happens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
the date of the election is set by law
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
24-hour interval; day; mean solar day; solar day; twenty-four hour period; twenty-four hours (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "date"):
sell-by date (a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold)
rain date (an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date)
future date (a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen)
Meaning:
A meeting arranged in advance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
appointment; engagement; date
Context example:
she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
get together; meeting (a small informal social gathering)
Meronyms (members of "date"):
date; escort (a participant in a date)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "date"):
blind date (a date with a stranger)
double date (a date in which two couples participate)
rendezvous; tryst (a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex)
Meaning:
A particular but unspecified point in time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
particular date; date
Context example:
they hoped to get together at an early date
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
point; point in time (an instant of time)
Meaning:
The present
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context examples:
they are up to date / we haven't heard from them to date
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
nowadays; present (the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech)
Meaning:
A participant in a date
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
escort; date
Context example:
his date never stopped talking
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
associate; companion; comrade; familiar; fellow (a person who is frequently in the company of another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "date"):
blind date (a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them))
Holonyms ("date" is a member of...):
appointment; date; engagement (a meeting arranged in advance)
Meaning:
The particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
calendar month; month (one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year)
calendar year; civil year (the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar)
calendar day; civil day (a day reckoned from midnight to midnight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "date"):
date of reference; epoch ((astronomy) the precise date that is the point of reference for which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is referred)
Meaning:
Sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("date" is a part of...):
date palm; Phoenix dactylifera (tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit)
• DATE (verb)
Meaning:
Go on a date with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart
Hypernyms (to "date" is one way to...):
go out (leave the house to go somewhere)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "date"):
double-date (go out on a date with a partner and another couple)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Stamp with a date
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
date stamp; date
Context example:
The package is dated November 24
Hypernyms (to "date" is one way to...):
date (provide with a dateline; mark with a date)
stamp (to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings
Hypernyms (to "date" is one way to...):
determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "date"):
chronologise; chronologize (establish the order in time of something)
misdate (assign the wrong date to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Date regularly; have a steady relationship with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
go steady; date; go out; see
Context examples:
Did you know that she is seeing an older man? / He is dating his former wife again!
Hypernyms (to "date" is one way to...):
affiliate; associate; assort; consort (keep company with; hang out with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue date
Sam cannot date Sue
Meaning:
Provide with a dateline; mark with a date
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated
Hypernyms (to "date" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "date"):
date-mark; dateline; datemark (mark with a date and place)
date; date stamp (stamp with a date)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
