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date ~ date:

[the same pronunciation]

dates (palm date fruit)

“Date” is ‘a kind of fruit grown on palm trees, mostly in the desert areas’,

bunches of dates on a palm tree

e.g.

Dates are grown, processed and exported to other countries of the Gulf by the Omani farmers.

__________

“Date” means:

a date ’21′ on a calendar

a) a statement of time

b) a period of time in history

c) an arrangement to meet at a particular time and place

d) a romantic, social meeting between unmarried man and woman, or a boy and a girl

e)   a person with whom one has a romantic, social meeting — date

e.g.     What’s the date today?  =   It’s August fifteenth =  15-08-2o1o.

The date of birth of Jesus Christ is a controversial issue in the religious world.

My big sister is getting ready for a date this evening.

[i.e. my sister is going out with a boy she likes to have a pleasant and exciting evening, and to get to know that boy even better]

His brother’s date is dating with another boy much smarter than his brother.

[i.e. the girl (date) his brother goes out with is going out with another boy]

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