Collocations for "date"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "date" in context.
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date
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- my [arrival, departure] date
- the [due, filing, final] date for
- the [release, publication] date
- the date of [release]
- your date of birth
- before the [expiration, expiry, sell-by] date
- save the date
- write the date (on)
- sign and date
- what is the date today?
- the letter bore the date of
- [sort, organize, arrange] by date
- will [talk, see, decide] at a later date
- will [talk] on a later date
- [fix, set] a date for the wedding
- [discuss, offer, consider] alternative dates
- a [dinner, dance, party] date
- asked her (out) on a date
- are out on their first date
- on his first date (with)
- [kissed, argued, hit it off] on their first date
- went out on a blind date
- is going out on a date (with)
- is his date for the [night, prom]
- the [band's, group's, singer's] next date
- have a date with destiny
- [eat, like] dates
- Medjool dates
- is dating [her, his daughter, her crush]
- asked her to date him
- have been dating for [five years]
- have dated for [five years]
- [too young, old enough] to date
- the [artifact, skeleton, fossil] was dated at [100 thousand years]
- try to date the [artifact]
- [impossible, difficult] to date
- the [artifact] dates back to [100 BCE, the bronze age]
- the [letter, document, antique] dates from [1850]
- 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