date
The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
Noun 3 meanings
The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
“We made a nice cake from dates.”
The date palm.
“There were a few dates planted around the house.”
The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.
“the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.”
Verb 4 meanings
To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
“to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter”
To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
To determine the age of something.
“to date the building of the pyramids”
To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
Etymology
From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus (likely via Old Provençal datil), from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably a folk-etymological alteration of a word from a Semitic source such as Arabic دَقَل (daqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”).
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DATE at a glance
DATE has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (D 2 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #575 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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