date
the specified day of the month
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,687 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,210 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the specified day of the month also: day of the month what is the date today?
- a participant in a date also: escort his date never stopped talking
- a meeting arranged in advance also: appointment, engagement she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
- the present they are up to datewe haven't heard from them to date
- the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class
- a particular day specified as the time something happens the date of the election is set by lawwe hope to get together at an early date
verb
- go on a date with Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart
date in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It had the date written, and "Dear Sir Antony."
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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This here is 1880, which I may say is a recent date.
Lahoma · J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis · Chapter 1
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Others, mostly of an early date, remained unpublished, doubtless because of their personal and private nature.
Poems Household Edition · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Chapter 1
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More: I had never even heard of him or mentioned him up to that day and date.
Sketches New and Old, Part 7. · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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I should think you'd have had one to show for every day, with the date to it, like a new-laid egg.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1