to date-mark

5.5

To put a date and sometimes a place on something to show when it was made or received

verb

: marcar con fecha

The laboratory samples were date-marked to track their collection times.

Examples

All correspondence should be date-marked before filing.
Before publishing, the articles are always date-marked for record-keeping purposes.
Please date-mark all the documents!
The office staff date-marked the packages yesterday.
All documents should be date-marked before submission to ensure accuracy.
The manager asked us to date-mark our reports for future reference.
Before sending out the invitations, don't forget to date-mark them.

Synonyms

to date

vsto date-mark

454 1.0

To write the day on a document so people know when it is made

marks items physically and sometimes adds the place too

to date stamp

vsto date-mark

1 3.0

Mark something with the date to show when it was received or processed

may also note the place of creation rather than just stamping date

to dateline

vsto date-mark

1 7.1

To mark a document with the date and place of writing

sometimes only shows the date and not the place

to datemark

vsto date-mark

6.3

To mark something with a date to show when it was made or received

sometimes adds the place as well as the date

How Dated

timestamp

Specialized

8 3.5

to date stamp

1 3.0

to date-mark

5.5

to date

454 1.0

Surface Forms

date-mark infinitive

date-marked past

date-marked past participle

date-marking present participle

date-marks third person singular

Morphology

date-mark = date + mark (transparent) = date + mark

The verb is a straightforward compound of 'date' + 'mark' meaning to mark with a date, which a B1 learner can readily infer.

Etymology

Date-mark comes from two simple English parts: date meaning 'day' on a calendar and mark meaning 'a sign' or 'to write'. So to date-mark something is to put the day and sometimes the place on it so you can tell when and where it was made.