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date Noun

— A date is a particular day in a month or year. "What's the date on Friday?" "Uh, the 17th, I think." Charles suggested they get together at a later date to sort it out. The last date for orders is 25 October 1991. Please write your birth date here. — A date is an agreement to meet on particular day at a particular time. Can we set a date for the next meeting? How about June 21st? — A date is a time when you go out with a romantic partner. I've got a date with Michael tonight. We're going to that new restaurant. — You date is the person you are meeting romantically. Who's your date for the dance? — If you say that something is true to date, you mean in the past until the present. To date, we've had no problems with the new computers. — A date is a sweet fruit that grows on date palm trees and is often dried.

date Verb

— If you date something, you write the date on it. You need to date this form at the top, here. The letter was dated Jan 8, 1969. — If you date something, you find out how old it is, especially something very old. We have not been successful in dating the painting, though we believe it is from the 17th century. Scientists have dated it to about 2 million years ago. — If something dates, it goes out of style and looks old fashioned. Unfortunately, this jacket has dated rather more quickly than I had hoped. — If something dates from a particular time, it first existed at that time. The earliest electronic computers date from the mid-20th century (around 1940 - 1945). — If you date someone, you have a romantic relationship with them. They dated for almost a year in high school.

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How do I use derivation date in a sentence?

Simple sentences

This machine is now out of date.

Your opinion seems to be out of date.

I asked her for a date.

What is your date of birth?

She has never gone on a date with him.

She used to date him.

Tom used to date Mary.

It's a date.

How was your date?

Mick killed time by reading a magazine while waiting for his date.

Michael, this is the restaurant where your father and I had our first date.

Beth told Chris to bathe or she will not agree to date him.

The date and address is usually written at the head of letters.

The date of the party is still up in the air.

How can I succeed in getting a date with Nancy?

The time and date suited our coach.

That car is quite up to date.

The stone was inscribed with the date of his death.

What's the date of the letter?

The dictionary is up to date.

Those shoes are out of date.

Such a method is out of date.

The computer is up to date.

The laboratory has the most up-to-date equipment.

The date on the coin is 1921.

This book says the earliest man-made bridges date back to the New Stone Age.

It is very hard to date this vase.

This coat is out of date.

News and current affairs

The British government recently issued the most comprehensive study to date of the economic costs and risks of global warming, and of measures that might reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in the hope of averting some of the direst consequences.

WASHINGTON, DC - As the 2015 target date for the Millennium Development Goals approaches, the United Nations is intensifying its efforts to foster debate about what comes next for promotion of development worldwide.

Approving a long-run deficit-reduction plan now but deferring its starting date until the economy is near full employment would prevent premature fiscal contraction from tipping the economy back into recession.

As the Millennium Development Goals' 2015 end date approaches, promotion of peace, security, and non-violent conflict resolution continues to be vitally important, and must be fully integrated into any future development agenda.

If creditors now believe that holding out makes it more likely that they will receive full value at a later date, restructuring sovereign debt and restoring a debtor economy's normal functioning will be more difficult.

But the break-up, a decade later, of Standard Oil - perhaps the most powerful company in the history of the world to that date - was seen by mainstream opinion as completely reasonable.

After all, books still in print are likely to be the ones that contain the most up-to-date information, and the ones that people most want to read.

The origins of Argentina's crisis date back to decisions taken in 1991, in the fight to contain the steep inflation that marked the death throes of the military junta.

Indeed, if all eight of the top East European candidates (excluding Bulgaria and Romania) join by the target date of 2004, the EU population's will soar by about 75 million people.

All of these groups have their respective professional associations, which hold regular meetings and establish certification standards that keep the information up-to-date and the practitioners ethical in their work.

The ultimate reason for their lack of preparation is that our insurance industry was not covering their tsunami risks, and hence not offering up-to-date disaster-prevention guidance.

This date also happens to coincide with James Watt's design of the steam engine in 1784.

To date, Iran's nuclear program and regional policies have been run by the IRGC and the country's hard-liners.

To date, this has not been a strong suit, particularly for America.

In order to gain the breathing space necessary for the reform process to be effective, the Greek government could just announce a simple rescheduling: the due date of all existing public debt is extended by five years at an unchanged interest rate.

The ICC has opened four active investigations, issued public charges against twelve people, and to date secured custody of four.

Russia needs a breakthrough toward an up-to-date, knowledge-based, and ecologically sustainable economy.

But from that date up to 2006 it raced ahead and, on average, employees in financial firms were paid between a third and a half more than similarly qualified counterparts elsewhere.

Afterwards, the Commission will draft new merger control rules to replace the current ones which date back to 1990.

Long-term interest rates on any given date could be explained quite well as a certain weighted average of the last 18 quarters of inflation and the last 18 quarters of short-term real interest rates.

Given the Burmese generals' hard line stance to date, it will likely prove to be necessary for Ban to go to Burma to meet face-to-face with its leaders.

NEW DELHI - The target date for fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals is 2015, and the world knows it is not on course to meet those goals.

But he refused, even under direct questioning by reporters, to reveal an exact date.