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DATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("date" is a part of...):
date palm; Phoenix dactylifera (tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A meeting arranged in advance
Example:
she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
get together; meeting (a small informal social gathering)
Meronyms (members of "date"):
date; escort (a participant in a date)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "date"):
blind date (a date with a stranger)
double date (a date in which two couples participate)
rendezvous; tryst (a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex)
Derivation:
date (go on a date with)
date (date regularly; have a steady relationship with)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A participant in a date
Example:
his date never stopped talking
Synonyms:
date; escort
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
associate; companion; comrade; familiar; fellow (a friend who is frequently in the company of another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "date"):
blind date (a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them))
Holonyms ("date" is a member of...):
appointment; date; engagement (a meeting arranged in advance)
Derivation:
date (go on a date with)
date (date regularly; have a steady relationship with)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The present
Example:
we haven't heard from them to date
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
nowadays; present (the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The specified day of the month
Example:
what is the date today?
Synonyms:
date; day of the month
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
24-hour interval; day; mean solar day; solar day; twenty-four hour period; twenty-four hours (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "date"):
due date; maturity; maturity date (the date on which an obligation must be repaid)
birthday; natal day (the date on which a person was born)
Instance hyponyms:
6 June 1944; D-day (date of the Allied landing in France, World War II)
Derivation:
date (assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of)
date (provide with a dateline; mark with a date)
date (stamp with a date)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A particular day specified as the time something happens
Example:
Mother's Day is always on the same date
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
24-hour interval; day; mean solar day; solar day; twenty-four hour period; twenty-four hours (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "date"):
sell-by date (a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold)
rain date (an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date)
future date (a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen)
Derivation:
date (assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of)
date (provide with a dateline; mark with a date)
date (stamp with a date)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
Example:
he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("date" is a kind of...):
calendar day; civil day (a day reckoned from midnight to midnight)
calendar year; civil year (the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar)
calendar month; month (one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "date"):
date of reference; epoch ((astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded)
Derivation:
date (assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they date ... he / she / it dates
Past simple: dated
Past participle: dated
-ing form: dating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
Example:
Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "date" is one way to...):
determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "date"):
chronologise; chronologize (establish the order in time of something)
misdate (assign the wrong date to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
dating (use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens)
date (the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred)
date (a particular day specified as the time something happens)
date (the specified day of the month)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Provide with a dateline; mark with a date
Example:
She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "date" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "date"):
date-mark; dateline; datemark (mark with a date and place)
date; date stamp (stamp with a date)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
date (the specified day of the month)
date (a particular day specified as the time something happens)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Stamp with a date
Example:
The package is dated November 24
Synonyms:
date; date stamp
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "date" is one way to...):
date (provide with a dateline; mark with a date)
stamp (to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
date (the specified day of the month)
date (a particular day specified as the time something happens)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Go on a date with
Example:
Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "date" is one way to...):
go out (leave the house to go somewhere)
Verb group:
date; go out; go steady; see (date regularly; have a steady relationship with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "date"):
double-date (go out on a date with a partner and another couple)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
date (a meeting arranged in advance)
date (a participant in a date)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Date regularly; have a steady relationship with
Example:
He is dating his former wife again!
Synonyms:
date; go out; go steady; see
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "date" is one way to...):
affiliate; associate; assort; consort (keep company with; hang out with)
Verb group:
date (go on a date with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue date
Sam cannot date Sue
Derivation:
date (a meeting arranged in advance)
date (a participant in a date)
Context examples:
The date and time span when the planned event or activity actually began and ended.
(Actual Date Range, NCI Thesaurus)
NOTE(S): This is used only when duration is collected on the CRF and not derived from start and end date/times.
(Adverse Event Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
The date (and time) when the adverse event ends or returns to baseline.
(Adverse Event Resolution Date, NCI Thesaurus)
The calendar date on which an adverse event starts.
(Adverse Event Start Date, NCI Thesaurus)
The date and time an adverse event began.
(Adverse Event Start Date Time, NCI Thesaurus)
Administration of an agent within 30 days of a specified date.
(Agent Given Within 30 Days, NCI Thesaurus)
The date (and time) on which the adverse event was updated after it had been submitted.
(Adverse Event Post Report Update Date, NCI Thesaurus)
The date (and time) on which an adverse event began.
(Adverse Event Onset Date, NCI Thesaurus)
The calendar date on which an adverse event ends.
(Adverse Event End Date, NCI Thesaurus)
The date and time an adverse event has concluded.
(Adverse Event End Date Time, NCI Thesaurus)
