date

Everyday

1. A date is the day, month and year when something happens or happened. tree →
2. A date is a sweet brown fruit from a palm tree. tree →
3. A date is a plan to meet someone, often a romantic outing. tree →
4. To date something is to write the date on it, or to find out how old it is. tree →
5. Out of date means old or no longer good to use; up to date means new and current. tree →

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scientists date fossils and rocks; in safety and health: check the use-by date on food; phrases: «up to date», «out of date», «use-by date», «date of birth»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 →
• How many days are there between the two dates? tree →
• She bought 500 g of dates. tree →
• A box holds 20 dates. tree →
• Write the date at the top of your page. tree →
• Put the events on the timeline in order of date. tree →
• This milk is out of date, don't drink it. tree →
• Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries. tree →
• Scientists dated the fossil to millions of years ago. tree →
• ‘To day the people may eat the dates.’ tree →

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scientists date fossils and rocks; in safety and health: check the use-by date on food; phrases: «up to date», «out of date», «use-by date», «date of birth»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 →
• There is also a good German translation, by Johann Friedrich von Meyer, dated 1830. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• 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 →

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).