date

date¹ W1S1 [deıt] n

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1¦(day)¦

2 at a later/future date

3 to date

4¦(romantic meeting)¦

5¦(arrangement to meet somebody)¦

6¦(fruit)¦

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[Sense: 1-5; Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: Late Latin data, from the past participle of Latin dare 'to give']

[Sense: 6; Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: Greek daktylos 'finger']

1.) ¦(DAY)¦

a particular day of the month or year, especially shown by a number

▪ The date on the letter was 30th August 1962.

▪ What's today's date?

date of

▪ What's the date of the next meeting?

date of birth/birth date

(=the day you were born)

▪ Please write your name, address, and date of birth on the form.

date of publication/issue/delivery etc

▪ You should apply at least 8 weeks before your date of departure.

set/decide on/fix a date

(=choose a particular day for something)

▪ Have you set a date for the wedding?

▪ The closing date (=last day you can do something) for applications is 10th Sept.

2.) at a later/future date

formal at some time in the future

= ↑later

▪ The details will be agreed at a later date.

3.) to date

up to now

▪ The cost of the work to date has been about £150 million.

▪ Her best performance to date was her third place at the World Junior Championships.

4.) ¦(ROMANTIC MEETING)¦

a) an occasion when you go out with someone that you like in a romantic way

date with

▪ I've got a date with Andrea tomorrow night.

▪ I felt like a teenager going out on a first date .

→↑blind date

b) AmE someone that you have a date with

sb's date

▪ Can I bring my date to the party?

5.) ¦(ARRANGEMENT TO MEET SOMEBODY)¦

a time arranged to meet someone, especially socially

▪ Let's make a date to come over and visit.

6.) ¦(FRUIT)¦

a sweet sticky brown fruit with a long hard seed inside

→↑closing date,expiry date at ↑expiry, ↑out-of-date, ↑sell-by date, ↑up-to-date

date ²

date² W3S3 v

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1¦(write date)¦

2¦(find age)¦

3¦(old-fashioned)¦

4¦(relationship)¦

5¦(show somebody's age)¦

Phrasal verbs

　date from something

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1.) ¦(WRITE DATE)¦ [T]

to write or print the date on something

▪ a newspaper dated November 23, 1963

▪ Make sure you sign and date it at the bottom.

2.) ¦(FIND AGE)¦ [T]

to find out when something old was made or formed

▪ The rocks are dated by examining the fossils found in the same layer.

▪ radiocarbon dating

3.) ¦(OLD-FASHIONED)¦

if clothing, art etc dates, it begins to look old-fashioned

▪ His designs are so classic, they've hardly dated at all.

→↑dated

4.) ¦(RELATIONSHIP)¦ [T]

[i]AmE to have a romantic relationship with someone

= ↑go out with

▪ Is he still dating Sarah?

5.) ¦(SHOW SOMEBODY'S AGE)¦ [T]

if something that you say, do, or wear dates you, it shows that you are fairly old

▪ Yes, I remember the moon landings - that dates me, doesn't it?

date from [date from sth] phr v

to have existed since a particular time in the past

▪ The church dates from the 13th century.