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{ "term": "date", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "image": "data/images/fr/fruit_misc.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a particular day of the month, sometimes in a particular year, given in numbers and words", "labels": "(especially North American English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "‘What's the date today?’ ‘The 10th.’" }, { "text": "Write **today's date** at the top of the page." }, { "text": "They haven't **set a date** for the wedding yet." }, { "text": "We need to **fix a date** for the next meeting." }, { "text": "I can't come on that date." }, { "text": "Please give your name, address and **date of birth**." }, { "text": "name, address and **birth date**" }, { "text": "There's no word yet on a UK **release date **for the film." }, { "text": "a start/launch/completion date" }, { "text": "There's no date on this letter." }, { "text": "Anyone who knows of the vehicle’s whereabouts from that date until 31 October is asked to contact Bangor police station." }, { "text": "Give me a couple of dates that are good for you." }, { "text": "I can't give you specific dates." }, { "text": "I have two meetings on that date." }, { "text": "She suggested an earlier date for the meeting." }, { "text": "The baby was born exactly on its due date." }, { "text": "The agreement runs from that date." }, { "text": "The building was not finished by the completion date." }, { "text": "The closing date for applications is May 22." }, { "text": "the date of the election" }, { "text": "We cannot accept applications received after this date." }, { "text": "A trial date is expected to be announced next month." } ], "topics": ["Time", "History"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["earlier", "earliest", "later"], "verb + date": ["agree", "agree on", "arrange"], "date + noun": ["stamp", "book"], "preposition": ["after a/the date", "at a… date", "before a/the date"], "phrases": ["the big date", "at a future date", "at some future date"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a particular day or year when a particular event happened or will happen", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "1066 is the most famous date in English history." }, { "text": "the biggest date in the country music calendar" }, { "text": "I hated history at school—I could never remember all those dates." }, { "text": "What were Beethoven's dates *(= the years of his birth and death)*?" }, { "text": "What was the date of the Battle of Hastings?" }, { "text": "The painting bears the date 1626." }, { "text": "Historians disagree on the cut-off date for the medieval period." }, { "text": "It's difficult to put a date on when the idea started." }, { "text": "A large carved stone gives the dates of birth and death of her three sons." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a time in the past or future that is not a particular day", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The details can be added **at a later date**." }, { "text": "The work will be carried out **at a future date**." }, { "text": "This was an important trade route **from an early date**." }, { "text": "a building of late Roman date" }, { "text": "The election is scheduled to take place at an unspecified date in the autumn." }, { "text": "The building has certain features in common with cathedrals of a similar date." }, { "text": "The foundations are Roman, but the rest of the building is of more recent date." } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["earlier", "earliest", "later"], "verb + date": ["agree", "agree on", "arrange"], "date + noun": ["stamp", "book"], "preposition": ["after a/the date", "at a… date", "before a/the date"], "phrases": ["the big date", "at a future date", "at some future date"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "an arrangement to meet somebody at a particular time", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Call me next week and we'll try and **make a date**." }, { "text": "Next Friday? Fine—it's a date!" }, { "text": "We must make a date to have lunch." }, { "text": "She wanted to arrive in time to keep her date." }, { "text": "He was late, and ended up breaking their dinner date." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["dinner", "lunch", "blind"], "verb + date": ["have", "find", "make"], "date + noun": ["movie", "rape"], "preposition": ["on a date", "date with"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a meeting that you have arranged with a boyfriend or girlfriend or with somebody who might become a boyfriend or girlfriend", "sensetop": "a date with somebodyon a date", "labels": "(especially North American English)(informal)(informal)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I've got a date with Lucy tomorrow night.", "contextForm": "a date with somebody" }, { "text": "We agreed to go out on a date.", "contextForm": "on a date" }, { "text": "Do you think I should ask him out on a date?" }, { "text": "Paul's not coming. He's got a **hot date** *(= an exciting one)*." }, { "text": "She's out on a date with her new boyfriend." }, { "text": "I have a date with Camilla on Friday night." }, { "text": "It's a great date movie." } ], "topics": ["Family and relationships"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["dinner", "lunch", "blind"], "verb + date": ["have", "find", "make"], "date + noun": ["movie", "rape"], "preposition": ["on a date", "date with"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a boyfriend or girlfriend that you have arranged a date with", "examples": [ { "text": "My date is meeting me at seven." }, { "text": "I need to find a date for Friday." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "a sweet sticky brown fruit that grows on a tree called a date palm, common in North Africa and West Asia", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Food"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "until now", "examples": [ { "text": "To date, we have received over 200 replies." }, { "text": "The exhibition contains some of his best work to date." } ], "topics": ["Time"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/deɪt/", "audio": "da/date/date__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/deɪt/", "audio": "da/date/date__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 5 Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin data, feminine past participle of dare ‘give’; from the Latin formula used in dating letters, data (epistola) ‘(letter) given or delivered’, to record a particular time or place. noun sense 6 Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek daktulos ‘finger’ (because of the finger-like shape of its leaves)." }