You can make 22 words from date according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 4 letters words made out of date
date adte dtae tdae atde tade daet adet deat edat aedt eadt dtea tdea deta edta teda etda ated taed aetd eatd tead etad
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word date. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in date.
Definitions and meaning of date
date
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /deɪt/
Rhymes: -eɪt
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishdate, from Old Frenchdate, datil, datille, from Latindactylus, from Ancient Greekδάκτυλος(dáktulos, “finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably a folk-etymological alteration of a word from a Semitic source such as Arabicدَقَل(daqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrewדֶּקֶל(deqel, “date palm”).
Noun
date (pluraldates)
The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
The date palm.
Hypernyms
fruit
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Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishdate, from Old Frenchdate, from Late Latindata, from Latindatus(“given”), past participle of dare(“to give”); from Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-(“to give”). Doublet of data.
Noun
date (pluraldates)
The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.
US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
The start date for the festival is September 2.
A point in time.
(rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
(obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
1611-15, George Chapman (translator), Homer (author), The Odysseys of Homer, Volume 1, Book IV,[1] lines 282–5,
As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date,
Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state,
Both in his age to keep in peace his house,
And to have children wise and valorous.
A pre-arranged meeting.
One's companion for social activities or occasions.
A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
Hypernyms
time
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Descendants
→ German: Date
→ Japanese: デート
→ Korean: 데이트(deiteu)
Translations
Verb
date (third-person singular simple presentdates, present participledating, simple past and past participledated)
(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
(transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
(transitive) To determine the age of something.
(transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
(transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
Synonyms:go out, see; see also Thesaurus:date
(reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
Synonyms:go out, see; see also Thesaurus:date
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
Synonyms:age, elden, obsolesce; see also Thesaurus:to age
(intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
Usage notes
To note the time of writing one may say dated at or from a place.