Date

DATE

-noun

1. a specified day of the month

2. the particular day or year of an event

3. (plural) the years of a person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of an event or period

4. an inscription on a coin, letter, etc., stating when it was made or written

5. (social)

a. an appointment for a particular time, especially with a person to whom one is sexually or romantically attached

b. the person with whom the appointment is made

6. the present moment

-verb

7. (trans.) to mark (a letter, coin, etc.) with the day, month, or year

8. (trans.) to assign a date of occurrence or creation to

9. (intr.; followed by “from” or “back to”) to have originated (at a specified time)

10. (trans.) to reveal the age of

11. to make or become old-fashioned

12. (informal), (mainly US and Canadian)

a. to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone of the opposite sex)

b. to accompany (a member of the opposite sex) on a date

-noun

1. the fruit of the date palm, having sweet edible flesh and a single large woody seed

2. short for date palm

Here we have a date
With a date
Waiting for dessert


Date photo by Kevin Fai (licensed under creative commons)