Date in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
Date in Hindi हिन्दी
Date in Kashmiri कॉशुर
Date in Sindhi سنڌي
Date in Telugu తెలుగు
Date in English
- date⇄date (1), noun, verb, dated,dating.
- date⇄date (2), noun.
1. the sweet fruit of a kind of palm tree. Dates are oblong and fleshy with a single hard seed and grow in large clusters.
2. the tree that bears it; date palm. - date⇄expr. down to date, to the present time.
Ex. Should the language of the King James Bible be brought down to date? (Mario Pei). - date⇄expr. of even date, of the same date.
Ex. I telephoned your office last Monday morning, and sent my letter of even date that afternoon. - date⇄expr. out of date, old-fashioned; not in present use.
Ex. That old, long dress even looks out of date. No flower girls in the market, for flowers are out of date (R. H. Stoddard). - date⇄expr. to date, till now; yet.
Ex. To date, very little has been done, nationwide, to translate medical knowledge ... into classroom practice (Saturday Review). - date⇄expr. up to date,
a. (Figurative.) in fashion; modern.
Ex. Her clothes are always up to date. Why, then, should Lord Salisbury sharpen his faculties and keep them ... up to date? (London Daily News).
b. up to the present time.
E - date⇄noun 1. the time when something happens or happened.
Ex. Give the date of your birth. July 4, 1776, is the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
2. a statement of time.
Ex. There is a date stamped on every piece of U. - date⇄v.i. 1. to be dated; have a date on it.
Ex. This letter dates from Paris.
2. to belong to a certain period of time; have its origin.
Ex. The oldest house in town dates from the 1780's. The Christian Era dates from the birth of Christ. - date⇄v.t. 1. to mark the time of; put a date on.
Ex. Please date your papers before handing them in.
2. to find out the date of; give a date to.
Ex. The scientist was unable to date the fossil. Some of Shakespeare's plays cannot be dated ex