date line
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5.7
- noun
- /deɪt laɪn/
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línea internacional de cambio de fecha
- The date line runs through the Pacific Ocean, marking where the date changes.
- the international date line
- cross the international date line
Examples
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You have to remember that, because of the time difference and the international date line, the very early morning in South Korea coincided with first-edition newspaper deadlines on the East Coast.
Blog text (27) -
The time in Singapore was well, no matter, it was already the next day there once you crossed the international date line.
Fiction book (1990) -
We've officially crossed the date line.
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If the Samoans can mess with a whole day with just one hop over the date line, then surely, so can I!
Blog text (21) -
You take data along the equator and this is a longitude scale where the date line is right there.
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It's 3.99 big, bad greenbacks, and guess who Mr. Yankee Doodle Dandy wires it to over the international date line?
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When we crossed the date line, it suddenly became the next day.
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Crossing the date line means you will experience a change in the calendar day.
Synonyms
5
6.6
Imaginary line near the middle of the Pacific Ocean where the calendar date changes
2
5.1
An invisible line in the middle of the Pacific where the calendar date changes when crossed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'date' (a calendar day) + 'line' (a conceptual division) yields a line that separates different dates. This follows a common noun-noun composition and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Date line is an imaginary line on the Earth where the date changes when you cross it. Imagine a ship crossing this line and the crew moving the calendar forward or back one 'day'. That's why the name means 'the place where the date changes when you cross it'.