<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen: July 4, 1776 was the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.</li><li>the day of the month: Is today's date the 7th or the 8th?</li><li>an inscription on a writing, coin, etc., that shows the time, or time and place, of writing, casting, delivery, etc.: a letter bearing the date January 16.</li><li>the time or period to which any event or thing belongs; period in general: Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.</li><li>the time during which anything lasts; duration: The pity is that childhood has so short a date.</li><li>an appointment for a particular time: They have a date with their accountant at ten o'clock.</li><li>a social appointment or engagement arranged beforehand with another person, especially when a romantic relationship exists or may develop: to go out on a Saturday night date.</li><li>a person with whom one has such a social appointment or engagement: Can I bring a date to the party?</li><li>an engagement for an entertainer to perform.</li><li>dates, the birth and death dates, usually in years, of a person: Dante's dates are 1265 to 1321.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to have or bear a date: The letter dates from 1873.</li><li>to belong to a particular period; have its origin: That dress dates from the 19th century. The architecture dates as far back as 1830.</li><li>to reckon from some point in time: The custom dates from the days when women wore longer skirts.</li><li>to go out socially on dates: She dated a lot during high school.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to mark or furnish with a date: Please date the check as of today.</li><li>to ascertain or fix the period or point in time of; assign a period or point in time to: The archaeologist dated the ruins as belonging to the early Minoan period.</li><li>to show the age of; show to be old-fashioned.</li><li>to make a date with; go out on dates with: He's been dating his best friend's sister.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>