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date

[deyt] / deɪt /
NOUN
point in time; particular day or time
Synonyms
STRONGEST
age day hour moment period stage term time year
STRONG
century course duration epoch era generation juncture quarter reign span spell while
NOUN
social engagement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appointment meeting visit
STRONG
assignation call interview rendezvous tryst
NOUN
person accompanying another socially
Synonyms
STRONG
boyfriend companion escort friend girlfriend lover partner steady sweetheart
WEAK
blind date
Antonyms
STRONG
enemy foe opponent
VERB
assign a time
Synonyms
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belong to come from determine mark register
STRONG
chronicle fix isolate measure record
WEAK
affix a date to carbon-date exist from fix the date of originate in put in its place
VERB
see person socially
Synonyms
STRONGEST
see
STRONG
attend court escort woo
WEAK
associate with consort with deuce it fix up go around together go around with go out with go steady go together keep company make a date step around take out
Antonyms
STRONG
disregard ignore neglect
VERB
become obsolete
Synonyms
STRONG
antiquate archaize obsolesce
WEAK
obsolete outdate show one's age

Example Sentences

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This year, the return leg of the long-haul flights they monitor had a return date of the Tuesday after Easter Sunday, at the height of peak season.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Year to date, shares have risen about 63%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Monahon allows scenes to take place simultaneously, so that while Chris is on the date he is simultaneously reporting his experience to Cindy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

To date, no strategy has appeared, and no explanation for the delay.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

Gosh, I was sick of that date, and it wasn’t just because that is when our sixteenth president was assassinated.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Vocabulary lists containing date

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