[*Anya*]

There are as many definitions of date or dating as almost the number of days in a month:

noun
1.
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
July 4, 1776 was the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

2.
the day of the month:
Is today's date the 7th or the 8th?

3. an inscription on a writing, coin, etc., that shows the time, or time and place, of writing, casting, delivery, etc.:
a letter bearing the date January 16.

4.
the time or period to which any event or thing belongs; period in general:
at a late date.

5.
the time during which anything lasts; duration:
The pity is that childhood has so short a date.

6.
an appointment for a particular time:
They have a date with their accountant at ten o'clock.

7.
a social appointment or engagement arranged beforehand with another person, especially when a romantic relationship exists or may develop:
to go out on a Saturday night date.

verb (used without object), dated, dating.

11.
to have or bear a date:
The letter dates from 1873.

12.
to belong to a particular period; have its origin:
That dress dates from the 19th century. The architecture dates as far back as 1830.

13.
to reckon from some point in time:
The custom dates from the days when women wore longer skirts.

14.
to go out socially on dates:
She dated a lot during high school.
verb (used with object), dated, dating.

15.
to mark or furnish with a date:
Please date the check as of today.

16.
to ascertain or fix the period or point in time of; assign a period or point in time to:
The archaeologist dated the ruins as belonging to the early Minoan period.

17.
to show the age of; show to be old-fashioned.

18.
to make a date with; go out on dates with:
He's been dating his best friend's sister.

Idioms
19.
to date, up to the present time; until now:
This is his best book to date.

20.
up to date, in agreement with or inclusive of the latest information; modern:
Bring us up to date on the news.