ADJ
- earlier, earliest
- She suggested an earlier date for the meeting
- later, latest
- exact, firm, specific
- I can't give you specific dates
- provisional, tentative
- unspecified
- significant
- 7th May, 1999 was a very significant date in my life
- closing
- The closing date with Camilla on Friday night
- make
- We must make a date to have lunch
- keep
- She wanted to arrive in time to keep her date
- break, cancel
- He was late, and ended up breaking their dinner date
PREP
- on a ~
- She's out on a date with her new boyfriend
- ~ with
- for applications is May 22
- expiry
- What's the expiry date on your credit card?
- delivery
- due
- The baby was born exactly on its due date
- birth
- anniversary
- sell-by
- This yogurt is past its sell-by date
- cut-off
- Historians disagree on the cut-off date for the medieval period
- commencement, completion
- The building was not finished by the completion date
- after a/the ~
- We cannot accept applications received after this date
- at a … ~
- The election is scheduled to take place at an unspecified date in the autumn
- before a/the ~, by a/the ~
- The building must be finished by the date agreed
- from a/the ~
- The agreement runs from that date
- on a/the ~
- I've got two meetings on that date
- ~ for
- We need to set a date for the wedding
- ~ of
- the date of the election
VERB + DATE
- agree (on), arrange, decide (on), fix, set
- Can we fix dates for the holiday? Has a date been fixed for the meeting?
PHRASES
- the/your big date
- Joe's getting ready for his big date on 3rd March, when he gets married
- at a/some future date
- More money will be made available at some future date
- at a later date
- We can do that at a later date
- date of birth
- Please give your name, address and date of birth
- of recent date
- The foundations are Roman, but the rest of the building is of more recent date
- put a date on/to sth
- It's difficult to put a date on when this neighbourhood became fashionable
- today's date
- What's today's date?
ADJ
- dinner, lunch
- blind (= a date with sb you have not met before)
- She met her husband on a blind date
- hot
- (= exciting) She had a hot date and wanted to look her best