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How to pronounce date
Say it like this: /ˈdeɪt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does date mean?
nounThe fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
“We made a nice cake from dates.”
The date palm.
“There were a few dates planted around the house.”
The anus.
“Black Superman could kiss his date, the little faggot.”
verbTo note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
“to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter”
To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
“The writer dates the festival on June 21st, which is probably a mistake.”
To determine the age of something.
“to date the building of the pyramids”
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