English Dictionary

date

/deɪt/

verb

(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution. / (transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.

I will date him tomorrow.

意味（1）

(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.

意味（2）

(transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.

意味（3）

(transitive) To determine the age of something.

to date the building of the pyramids

意味（4）

(transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.

意味（5）

(transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.

Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.

意味（6）

(reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.

They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months.

意味（7）

(transitive, intransitive) To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

This show hasn't dated well.

意味（8）

(intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.