Datename

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

  A ghost town in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.

datenoun詞源 1/deɪt/

• 1

  The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.

  • We made a nice cake from dates.
• 2

  The date palm.

  • There were a few dates planted around the house.
• 3

  The anus.

  • The bullet took the middle finger of his right hand clean off […]. ‘He sure won't be sticking that finger up his date again,’ said Max.
  • Black Superman could kiss his date, the little faggot.

datenoun詞源 2/deɪt/

• 1

  The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.

  • the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
  • US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
• 2

  A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.

  • the date for pleading
  • The start date for the festival is September 2.
• 3

  A point in time.

  • You may need that at a later date.
• 4

  rareAn assigned end; a conclusion.

  • But because he is but briefe, and these things of great consequence not to be kept obscure, I shall conceave it nothing above my duty either for the difficulty or the censure that may passe thereon, to communicate such thoughts as I also have had, and do offer them now in this generall labour of reformation, to the candid view both of Church and Magistrate; especially because I see it the hope of good men, that those irregular and unspirituall Courts have spun their utmost date in this Land; and some beter course must now be constituted.
  • What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date.
• 5

  obsoleteA given or assigned length of life; duration.

  • Good luck prolonged hath thy date.
  • 1611-15, George Chapman (translator), Homer (author), The Odysseys of Homer, Volume 1, Book IV, lines 282–5, As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date, Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state, Both in his age to keep in peace his house, And to have children wise and valorous.
• 6

  A pre-arranged meeting.

  • I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
  • "Why, Mr. Nisbet! I thought you were in New York." "I had a telegram this morning, calling the date off,"
• 7

  One's companion for social activities or occasions, especially a romantic partner.

  • I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.
• 8

  A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.

  • We really hit it off on the first date, so we decided to meet the week after.
  • The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.

dateverb詞源 2/deɪt/

• 1

  To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

  • to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter
  • You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.
• 2

  To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.

  • The writer dates the festival on June 21st, which is probably a mistake.
• 3

  To determine the age of something.

  • to date the building of the pyramids
• 4

  To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.

• 5

  To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.

  • Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.
• 6

  To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.

  • They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months.
• 7

  To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

  • This show hasn't dated well.
  • The comedian dated himself by making quips about bands from the 1960s.
• 8

  To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

  • The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.
  • He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.