date

date is a 4-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
2. noun. That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.
3. noun. The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle.
4. noun. Assigned end; conclusion.
5. noun. Given or assigned length of life; dyration.
6. transitive verb. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.
7. transitive verb. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.
8. intransitive verb. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.
9. noun. sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
10. noun. a meeting arranged in advance

    "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

    Synonyms: appointment, engagement

11. noun. a participant in a date

    "his date never stopped talking"

    Synonyms: escort

12. noun. the present

    "they are up to date"

    "we haven't heard from them to date"

13. noun. the specified day of the month

    "what is the date today?"

14. noun. a particular day specified as the time something happens

    "the date of the election is set by law"

15. noun. 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"

16. noun. a particular but unspecified point in time

    "they hoped to get together at an early date"

17. verb. assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of

    "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"

18. verb. 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"

19. verb. stamp with a date

    "The package is dated November 24"

20. verb. go on a date with

    "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"

21. verb. date regularly; have a steady relationship with

    "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"

    "He is dating his former wife again!"

    Synonyms: see

Synonyms

appointment, engagement, escort, see

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in date:

adet, ated, edta, tade, tead, teda

Common word forms

dated, dater, dates, dating, dateable, dateless

Words from these letters

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