date

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdeɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/deɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dāt)

Inflections of 'date' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
dates
v 3rd person singular
dating
v pres p
dated
v past
dated
v past p

Collocations for "date"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "date" in context.

WordReference English Collocations © 2025

date

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. my [arrival, departure] date
  2. the [due, filing, final] date for
  3. the [release, publication] date
  4. the date of [release]
  5. your date of birth
  6. before the [expiration, expiry, sell-by] date
  7. save the date
  8. write the date (on)
  9. sign and date
  10. what is the date today?
  11. the letter bore the date of
  12. [sort, organize, arrange] by date
  13. will [talk, see, decide] at a later date
  14. will [talk] on a later date
  15. [fix, set] a date for the wedding
  16. [discuss, offer, consider] alternative dates
  17. a [dinner, dance, party] date
  18. asked her (out) on a date
  19. are out on their first date
  20. on his first date (with)
  21. [kissed, argued, hit it off] on their first date
  22. went out on a blind date
  23. is going out on a date (with)
  24. is his date for the [night, prom]
  25. the [band's, group's, singer's] next date
  26. have a date with destiny
  27. [eat, like] dates
  28. Medjool dates
v
  1. is dating [her, his daughter, her crush]
  2. asked her to date him
  3. have been dating for [five years]
  4. have dated for [five years]
  5. [too young, old enough] to date
  6. the [artifact, skeleton, fossil] was dated at [100 thousand years]
  7. try to date the [artifact]
  8. [impossible, difficult] to date
  9. the [artifact] dates back to [100 BCE, the bronze age]
  10. the [letter, document, antique] dates from [1850]
  11. the [letter, email] is dated [July 4]
'date' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
achievement - acquisition - adjustment - agreed - album - anniversary - archive - arrange - arrival - bang - binder - blank - blind - broad - calendar - cancel - challenge - check - chisel - closing - collate - completion - comprehensive - conference - conversion - cook - court - creation - daughter - deadline - debit - decide - delivery - deployment - deposit - determine - diary - dinner - dish - dispatch - displacement - ditch - download - downtime - downtown - drug - due - effective - embarrassing - enchanted

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