dated
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Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Simple pronunciation
Analysis:
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verb
1. To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
"to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter"
2. To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
3. To determine the age of something.
"to date the building of the pyramids"
4. To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
5. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
6. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
"They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months."
7. To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
"The comedian dated himself by making quips about bands from the 1960s."
8. (with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
Synonyms
adjective
1. Marked with a date.
"The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922."
2. Outdated.
""Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus."
3. Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.
"Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else."
4. No longer fashionable.
"Slang can become dated very quickly."
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