Definitions
How to pronounce dated:
Dated - as an adjective satellite
Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
Dated - as a verb
To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
Example: "To date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter"
To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
To determine the age of something.
Example: "To date the building of the pyramids"
To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
(by extension) to have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
(by extension) to have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
Example: "They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months."
To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
Example: "The comedian dated himself by making quips about bands from the 1960s."
(with from) to have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
Dated - as an adjective
Marked with a date.
Example: "The first dated entry in the diary was from october 1922."
Outdated.
Example: ""omnibus" is a dated term for a bus."
Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.
Example: "Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else."
No longer fashionable.
Example: "Slang can become dated very quickly."
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Word Game Points
DATED has a SCRABBLE points total of 7.
DATED has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 7.
DATED has a WORDFEUD points total of 7.
