Antonyms for dating


Grammar : Verb
Spell : deyt
Phonetic Transcription : deɪt


Definition of dating

Origin :
  • "liaison," 1885, gradually evolving from date (n.1) in its general sense of "appointment;" romantic sense by 1890s. Meaning "person one has a date with" is from 1925.
  • verb assign a time
  • verb see person socially
  • verb become obsolete
Example sentences :
  • Yet there were some things she could remember on the other side, dating also from Corry's Cambridge years.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • This book, dating from 1395, is in the town library of Reims.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein
  • We have now to mention but one more custom, dating from those great days.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • The boy she was currently dating had not called her up for three days.
  • Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
  • A stately dance in triple measure, dating from the 17th century.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen » by Roger Finlay
  • A square dance for four couples, dating from the 18th century.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen » by Roger Finlay
  • The mother-house at Strasburg is one of the oldest ones, dating from 1842.
  • Extract from : « Deaconesses in Europe » by Jane M. Bancroft
  • Dating reverently from its era, as the Moslem from his Hegira.
  • Extract from : « Man of Uz, and Other Poems » by Lydia Howard Sigourney
  • I have now found Anthony Wood's authority for dating his birth in 1545.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 » by Arthur Acheson
  • The question of dating arises, since only the Klock piece is firmly fixed.
  • Extract from : « Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 » by Peter C. Welsh

Synonyms for dating

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