to date
- verb
- /deɪt/
- Are you dating all these girls?
- date someone
- date a woman
- date a man
Gorgeous girl they used to date right and make like videos.
- Gorgeous girl they used to date right and make like videos.
- Never talk to Ryan again, he doesn't date whales like you.
- Why do you think men should aspire to date a rich bitch?
- Somebody wanted to know if you would ever date again.
- We dated and dated, dated and we got married.
- And he went to jail for, you know, dating underage ladies.
- It doesn't mean that she only dates high quality men, no.
- OK, so she used to date his friend, but then they broke up.
- It's just a song about, like, wanting to date guys that Geminos.
- Younger people always date like older people that are rich.
- And yeah, I'm pretty sure they dated very quietly.
- Up until nine months ago, I'd only ever dated F boys.
- Also, she did date previously within the last five years.
- And so one day I'd date this girl like a month.
Examples
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OK, so she used to date his friend, but then they broke up.
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Would you prefer to date Taylor Swift than me?
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How long would we date before we have kids?
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Somebody wanted to know if you would ever date again.
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So, well, I would like to date somebody.
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And you can date anyone you want.
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I mean, I date guys and stuff.
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Until I met Mary Craine, I had never dated a woman with a child.
Fiction book (1990) -
Is she still dating Hayden Christensen?
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She decided to date him after they had been friends for a long time.
Synonyms
To have a romantic relationship with someone
Date someone regularly
To have a regular romantic relationship with just one person
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Offensive
A sexual act that someone forces on a person they know, often after a date
- US
Date on food that shows the last day shops should keep it on shelves so it is still fresh
An invisible line in the middle of the Pacific where the calendar date changes when crossed
An imaginary line near the middle of the Pacific Ocean where the calendar date changes when you cross it
A sweet moist loaf that has chopped dates and nuts, often eaten as a snack or dessert
- Specialized
A fixed date used as the standard time for recording positions of stars and planets
How Committed
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Etymology
Date as a verb meaning 'to go out with someone' comes from the noun date for a meeting or appointment, so to date someone is to have those meetings with them over time.