date

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see also DAY, WEEK, YEAR
- a particular day of the month or of the year: date
What date is it today? ◎ Today's date is 27th October 1996. ◎ What's your date of birth?
- to write the date on a letter or document: put* the date on sth, date sth
Don't forget to put the date on the letter. ◎ The letter is dated 20th July.
- to arrange a date to do something: set*/fix a date (for sth)
Let's have lunch sometime. Shall we fix a date for next week? ◎ They've set a date for the wedding at last.
- to set a date in the past: backdate sth (to sth)
The pay award is backdated to April. ◎ a backdated cheque
- when sth belongs to a period in the past, it dates back to sth
It's a lovely old table - it dates back to the eighteenth century.
- a time or date in the future when a task must be completed: deadline
The teacher set a deadline of two weeks for the essays to be handed in.
- the end of the period when sth can be used: expiry date
- an expiry date on food: sell-by date
Don't eat the meat - it's past its sell-by date.
- when sth will pass or has passed its expiry date it expires
You'd better check that your passport hasn't expired.
- sth which has expired is out of date
You can throw out your library card now - it's out of date.
- the date by which you must send in an entry or application for sth: closing date

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  particular date, appointment, engagement, escort, day of the month, go steady, go out, see, date stamp