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# date

noun (date, dates); verb (date, dates, dated, dating)

«date» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A date is the day, month and year when something happens or happened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#m1)
2. A date is a sweet brown fruit from a palm tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#m2)
3. A date is a plan to meet someone, often a romantic outing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#m3)
4. To date something is to write the date on it, or to find out how old it is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#m4)
5. Out of date means old or no longer good to use; up to date means new and current. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#m5)

### In the lessons

a day on a calendar, used to count days between; or a sweet fruit that is counted or weighed; in school: write the date at the top of your work; in history: dates show when events happened, in order on a timeline; in science: scientists date fossils and rocks; in safety and health: check the use-by date on food; phrases: «up to date», «out of date», «use-by date», «date of birth»

### Examples

- Mark the date of the party on the calendar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#x1)
- How many days are there between the two dates? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#x2)
- She bought 500 g of dates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#x3)
- A box holds 20 dates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#x4)
- Write the date at the top of your page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#x5)
- Put the events on the timeline in order of date. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#x6)
- This milk is out of date, don't drink it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#x7)
- Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#x8)
- Scientists dated the fossil to millions of years ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#x9)
- ‘To day the people may eat the dates.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/#x10)

### Note

A calendar date asks to count days or weeks between; a fruit date is just a thing counted. Trap: counting days from one date to another, do not count the first day unless the problem says so. Dates are written in a different order in the USA (month first) and the UK, Australia or Ireland (day first).

## In Jewish tradition

a day on a calendar, used to count days between; or a sweet fruit that is counted or weighed; in school: write the date at the top of your work; in history: dates show when events happened, in order on a timeline; in science: scientists date fossils and rocks; in safety and health: check the use-by date on food; phrases: «up to date», «out of date», «use-by date», «date of birth»

### Examples

- A MSS. copy dated 1719, in the British Museum. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/date/#x1)
- There is also a good German translation, by Johann Friedrich von Meyer, dated 1830. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/date/#x2)
- C, but it is supposed that it was in use at a much earlii r date. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/date/#x3)

### Note

A calendar date asks to count days or weeks between; a fruit date is just a thing counted. Trap: counting days from one date to another, do not count the first day unless the problem says so. Dates are written in a different order in the USA (month first) and the UK, Australia or Ireland (day first).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «date» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/date/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«date» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/date.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «date» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/date/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«date» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/date.html) on Mova free.