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Definition date in British English

date verb

verb
/deɪt/
1

to write the date on something

Example

The letter was dated 23 February.

Example

a memo dated 16th June

Synonyms and related words
address annotate backdate
2

to discover exactly how old something is or when it was made by examining it carefully or making scientific tests

Example

The paintings have not yet been accurately dated by the museum's experts.

Synonyms and related words
slice and dice study check
3

to seem no longer modern or fashionable

Example

a style of building that has hardly dated at all

Synonyms and related words
old-fashioned primitive obsolete
4

to prove that you are starting to get old or are older than the people you are talking to

Example

I suppose that attitude really dates me!

5

if you and another person are dating, or if you are dating someone, the two of you are having a sexual or romantic relationship with each other

Example

They've been dating for over six months now.

Example

At college he had dated a medical student from Kansas.

Synonyms and related words
be an item be seeing someone carry on
Definition date in British English

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bang up to date (phrase) best-before date (noun) blind date (noun) someone up to date ( something) (phrase) closing date (noun) date (noun) date (verb) date back to (phrasal verb) date from (phrasal verb) date of birth (noun) date rape (noun) date stamp (noun) due date (noun) expiry date (noun) freeze date (noun) make a date (with someone) (phrase) out-of-date (adjective) past its sell-by date (phrase) play date (noun) sell-by date (noun) the date line (noun) the international date line (noun) to date (phrase) up-to-date (adjective) use-by date (noun)