Definition of Date

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Definition of Date

Date

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.

The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle.

Assigned end; conclusion.

Given or assigned length of life; dyration.

To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.

To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.

To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.

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Date Quotations

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.
Voltaire

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.
Woody Allen

Whenever I date a guy, I think, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'
Rita Rudner

There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God to avert, from that date I view our liberty gone.
Andrew Jackson

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.
Ralph Nader

And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat?
John McCain

I always play women I would date.
Angelina Jolie

Date Translations

date in Afrikaans is datum, dateer, afspraak
date in Danish is datum, daddel
date in Dutch is dadel, dactylus
date in French is date, rendez-vous, datent, datez, datons, datte
date in German is Termin, Zeitangabe, Datum, Zeitpunkt, Datum
date in Italian is data, dattero
date in Latin is balanus
date in Norwegian is daddel, avtale

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