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plural of date
1
as in rendezvous
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place I have a date to meet my financial consultant at seven o'clock

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Relevance
2
as in durations
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress the embarrassingly short date of most of his romances

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dates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of date
1
as in accompanies
to go on a social engagement with I don't want to date him—I'd rather just be friends

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2
as in attends
to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage we dated for two years before we got engaged

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Noun
  • The mission would also attempt technical breakthroughs in surface sampling, takeoff and ascent from the Martian surface, as well as a spacecraft rendezvous in Mars’ orbit, Liu said last week, according to Chinese state media.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
  • As if this weren’t enough, the lunar eclipse in Pisces brings unexpected revelations about your love life, urging you to reassess your romantic desires and scandalous rendezvous.
    Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • This award-winning book covers the critically important topic of grief that is largely ignored by society — the kind that accompanies divorce, a significant breakup, a life-changing medical diagnosis or a broken connection with someone with substance abuse disorder.
    Meghan Riordan Jarvis, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
  • All of this accompanies an oriental touch, which stems from the owner’s years spent in Indonesia.
    Allix Cott, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Her late mother’s house still stands down the street, and Medina still attends Día de los Muertos every year.
    Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Biles attends Owens' football games.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Only four other counties in the state make such appointments.
    Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Their open appointments get booked by other patients.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • And Americans who have flown private before are three times more likely to trust private pilots over commercial ones.
    Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • This, along with self-service brewing stations, increased hiring efforts, and redesigned store layouts, is expected to reduce wait times, especially during peak hours.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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