date : Idioms & Phrases

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blind date

  • noun a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them)
  • noun a date with a stranger
    • she never goes on blind dates
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carbon dating

  • noun a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
    carbon dating; carbon-14 dating.
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carbon-14 dating

  • noun a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
    carbon dating; carbon-14 dating.
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chinese date

  • noun dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
    jujube; Chinese jujube.
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date back

  • verb belong to an earlier time
    date back; go back.
    • This story dates back 200 years
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date bar

  • noun fruit bar containing chopped dates
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date bread

  • noun bread containing chopped dates
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date from

  • verb belong to an earlier time
    date back; go back.
    • This story dates back 200 years
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date line

  • noun an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
    date line; dateline.
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date of reference

  • noun (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
    epoch.
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date palm

  • noun tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit
    Phoenix dactylifera.
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Date palm, ∨ Date tree

  • (Bot.), the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Phoenix dactylifera. See Illust.
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Date plum

  • noun an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes
    Diospyros lotus.
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  • (Bot.), the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (D. Lotus).
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date rape

  • noun rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together)
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Date shell, ∨ Date fish

  • (Zoöl.), a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas.
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date stamp

  • verb stamp with a date
    date.
    • The package is dated November 24
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date-mark

  • verb mark with a date and place
    dateline; datemark.
    • dateline a newspaper article
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date-nut bread

  • noun bread containing chopped dates and nuts
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double date

  • noun a date in which two couples participate
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double-date

  • verb go out on a date with a partner and another couple
    • let's double date this Saturday
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due date

  • noun the date on which an obligation must be repaid
    maturity; due date.
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future date

  • noun a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen
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geological dating

  • noun use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
    dating.
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international date line

  • noun an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
    date line; dateline.
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long-dated

  • adjective satellite of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption
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maturity date

  • noun the date on which an obligation must be repaid
    maturity; due date.
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Out of date

  • not timely; unfashionable; antiquated.
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out-of-date

  • adjective satellite old; no longer valid or fashionable
    outdated; superannuated.
    • obsolete words
    • an obsolete locomotive
    • outdated equipment
    • superannuated laws
    • out-of-date ideas
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particular date

  • noun a particular but unspecified point in time
    date.
    • they hoped to get together at an early date
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potassium-argon dating

  • noun geological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argon
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radioactive dating

  • noun measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the object
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radiocarbon dating

  • noun a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
    carbon dating; carbon-14 dating.
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rain date

  • noun an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date
    • the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday
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rubidium-strontium dating

  • noun geological dating based on the proportions of radioactive rubidium into its decay product strontium; radioactive rubidium has a half-life of 47,000,000,000 years
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sell-by date

  • noun a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold
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short-dated

  • adjective satellite of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption
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Short"-dat`ed adjective
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  1. Having little time to run from the date. "Thy short-dated life." Sandys.
Webster 1913

To bear date

  • to have the date named on the face of it; said of a writing.
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to date

  • adverb prior to the present time
    up to now.
    • no suspect has been found to date
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up-to-date

  • adjective satellite reflecting the latest information or changes
    • an up-to-date issue of the magazine
  • adjective satellite in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style
    with-it; cutting-edge.
    • wears only the latest style
    • the last thing in swimwear
    • cutting-edge technology
    • a with-it boutique
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