date
noun
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen.
will date
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future tenseof date.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Anthony said the museum in Cardiff will date when the coins were buried.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
We begin with the 15 men and 15 women who will date in the pods.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
Liza Minnelli has outlived the mystery of whom Pete Davidson will date next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
If the sample can be returned to Earth by a subsequent mission, scientists will date it, helping reveal when water flowed into the crater billions of years ago.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 8, 2021
I doubt not but this memorable affair will, in future times, mark the period whence chronologers will date the zenith of the polite arts in this island!
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney
