WordDictionary

Noun:

• A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
• A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
• A point in time, as in ''You may need that at a later date.''
• A pre-arranged social meeting.
• Australian slang anus.
• Botany The date palm itself.
• Botany The fruit of the date palm. This sweet fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
• obsolete Given or assigned length of life; duration.
• rare Assigned end; conclusion.
• That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the '''date''' of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
• The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the '''date''' of a battle. A specific day.

Verb:

• intransitive of a couple, to be in a romantic relationship
• intransitive To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
• intransitive To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with '''from'''
• transitive To determine the age of something; as, to '''date''' the building of the pyramids.
• transitive to have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with
• transitive To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.
• transitive To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to '''date''' a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter
• transitive To take (someone) on a series of dates.