A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.

If you date something, you give or discover the date when it was made or when it began.

When you date something such as a letter or a cheque, you write that day's date on it.

If you want to refer to an event without saying exactly when it will happen or when it happened, you can say that it will happen or happened at some date in the future or past.

To date means up until the present time.

If something dates, it goes out of fashion and becomes unacceptable to modern tastes.

If your ideas, what you say, or the things that you like or can remember date you, they show that you are quite old or older than the people you are with.

A date is an appointment to meet someone or go out with them, especially someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship.

If you have a date with someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship, you can refer to that person as your date .

If you are dating someone, you go out with them regularly because you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship with them. You can also say that two people are dating.

A date is a small, dark-brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries.