date
Từ điển Collocation
date noun
1 particular day
ADJ. earlier, earliest She suggested an earlier date for the meeting. | later, latest | exact, firm, specific I can't give you specific dates. | provisional, tentative | unspecified | significant 7th May, 1999 was a very significant date in my life. | closing The closing date with Camilla on Friday night. | make We must make a date to have lunch. | keep She wanted to arrive in time to keep her date. | break, cancel He was late, and ended up breaking their dinner date.
PREP. on a ~ She's out on a date with her new boyfriend. | ~ with for applications is May 22. | expiry What's the expiry date on your credit card? | delivery | due The baby was born exactly on its due date. | birth | anniversary | sell-by This yogurt is past its sell-by date. | cut-off Historians disagree on the cut-off date for the medieval period. | commencement, completion The building was not finished by the completion date.
VERB + DATE agree (on), arrange, decide (on), fix, set Can we fix dates for the holiday? Has a date been fixed for the meeting?
PREP. after a/the ~ We cannot accept applications received after this date. | at a … ~ The election is scheduled to take place at an unspecified date in the autumn. | before a/the ~, by a/the ~ The building must be finished by the date agreed. | from a/the ~ The agreement runs from that date. | on a/the ~ I've got two meetings on that date. | ~ for We need to set a date for the wedding. | ~ of the date of the election
PHRASES the/your big date Joe's getting ready for his big date on 3rd March, when he gets married. | at a/some future date More money will be made available at some future date. | at a later date We can do that at a later date. | date of birth Please give your name, address and date of birth. | of recent date The foundations are Roman, but the rest of the building is of more recent date. | put a date on/to sth It's difficult to put a date on when this neighbourhood became fashionable. | today's date What's today's date?
2 appointment to meet sb socially
ADJ. dinner, lunch | blind (= a date with sb you have not met before) She met her husband on a blind date. | hot (= exciting) She had a hot date and wanted to look her best.
VERB + DATE have I've got a date
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- the specified day of the month; day of the month
what is the date today?
- a particular day specified as the time something happens
the date of the election is set by law
- a meeting arranged in advance; appointment, engagement
she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
- a particular but unspecified point in time; particular date
they hoped to get together at an early date
- the present
they are up to date
we haven't heard from them to date
- a participant in a date; escort
his date never stopped talking
- 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
- sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
v.
- go on a date with
Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart
- stamp with a date; date stamp
The package is dated November 24
- assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with; go steady, go out, see
Did you know that she is seeing an older man?
He is dating his former wife again!
- provide with a dateline; mark with a date
She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated
English Idioms Dictionary
boy and girl go to a movie etc., go out with, see Tong has been dating May since they met at Christmas.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
dates|dated|dating
syn.: appointment day engagement fruit time
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