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/ˈdeɪtɪd/ · dat·ed
verb
- To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution. She dated the letter with the current date so it would arrive on time.
- To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of. The historian dated the ancient civilization to the 12th century.
- To determine the age of something. The archaeologist dated the building of the pyramids to around 2580 BC.
adjective
- Marked with a date. The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.
- Outdated. The term 'Omnibus' is a dated term for a bus.
- Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context. Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else.
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Did you know? The word 'dated' has undergone significant changes in meaning over the centuries, reflecting the evolution of human understanding and cultural values.