I.
noun
1 particular day
ADJECTIVE
▪ earlier , earliest
▪
She suggested an earlier ~ for the meeting.
▪ later , latest
▪ exact , firm , specific
▪
I can't give you specific ~s.
▪ target
▪ provisional ( esp. BrE ), tentative
▪ unspecified
▪ effective
▪ significant
▪
May 7, 2005 was a very significant ~ in my life.
▪ closing
▪
The closing ~ for applications is May 22.
▪ expiration ( AmE ), expiry ( BrE )
▪
What's the expiration/expiry ~ on your credit card?
▪ delivery , publication , release
▪ arrival , departure
▪ due
▪
The baby was born exactly on its due ~.
▪ anniversary , birth
▪ pull ( AmE ), sell-by
▪
This yogurt is past its sell-by ~.
▪ cut-off , end
▪
Historians disagree on the cut-off ~ for the medieval period.
▪ commencement ( esp. BrE ), start
▪ completion
▪
The building was not finished by the completion ~.
VERB + DATE
▪ agree , agree on , arrange , decide , decide on , fix , set
▪
Can we fix ~s for the trip?
▪
Has a ~ been set for the meeting?
▪ find
▪ give sb
▪
Give me a couple of ~s are good for you.
▪ check
▪ change
▪ announce
DATE + NOUN
▪ stamp
▪ book (usually datebook )
PREPOSITION
▪ after a/the ~
▪
We cannot accept applications received after this ~.
▪ at a … ~
▪
The election is scheduled to take place at an unspecified ~ in the spring.
▪ before a/the ~
▪ by a/the ~
▪
The building must be finished by the ~ agreed.
▪ from a/the ~
▪
The agreement runs from that ~.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
I have two meetings on that ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
We need to set a ~ for the wedding.
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of the election
PHRASES
▪ the big ~
▪
the biggest ~ in the country music calendar
▪ at a future ~ , at some future ~
▪
More money will be made available at some future ~.
▪ at a later ~
▪
We can do that at a later ~.
▪ ~ of birth
▪
Please give your name, address and ~ of birth.
▪ of recent ~
▪
The foundations are Roman, but the rest of the building is of more recent ~.
▪ put a ~ on sth
▪
It's difficult to put a ~ on when the idea started.
▪ today's ~
▪
What's today's ~?
2 appointment to meet sb socially
ADJECTIVE
▪ dinner , lunch
▪ blind
▪
She met her husband on a blind ~.
▪ double (= when two couples have a date together)
▪ hot
▪
She had a hot ~ and wanted to look her best.
▪ first
VERB + DATE
▪ have
▪
I have a ~ with Camilla on Friday night.
▪ find
▪
I need to find a ~ for Friday.
▪ make ( esp. BrE )
▪
We must make a ~ to have lunch.
▪ keep
▪
She wanted to arrive in time to keep her ~.
▪ break ( AmE ), cancel
▪
He really didn't want to break his ~ with Alicia.
DATE + NOUN
▪ movie ( AmE )
▪
It's a great ~ movie.
▪ rape
PREPOSITION
▪ on a ~
▪
She's out on a ~ with her new girlfriend.
▪ ~ with
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ accurately , precisely
▪
It has not yet been possible to ~ the paintings accurately.
Date is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ memorandum