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Meaning of date

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  date
      n 1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"
           [syn: {date}, {day of the month}]
      2: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"
         [syn: {date}, {escort}]
      3: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid
         kissing at the end of a date" [syn: {date}, {appointment},
         {engagement}]
      4: a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to
         get together at an early date" [syn: {date}, {particular
         date}]
      5: the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from
         them to date"
      6: the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the
         Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to
         memorizes all the dates for his history class"
      7: a particular day specified as the time something happens;
         "the date of the election is set by law"
      8: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody
         seed
      v 1: go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high
           school sweetheart"
      2: stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn:
         {date}, {date stamp}]
      3: assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of;
         "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or
         prehistorical findings"
      4: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you
         know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his
         former wife again!" [syn: {go steady}, {go out}, {date},
         {see}]
      5: provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the
         letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to
         reveal that she procrastinated"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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