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dated

adj · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈdeɪtɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪtɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: D EY1 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Marked with a date.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Outdated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • "Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

No longer fashionable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Slang can become dated very quickly.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Alotted a span of days.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

simple past and past participle of date

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: дати́ран (datíran) — marked with a date
  • Danish: dateret — marked with a date
  • Estonian: dateeritud — marked with a date
  • Finnish: päivätty — marked with a date
  • French: daté — marked with a date
  • Galician: datado — marked with a date
  • Georgian: დათარიღებული (datariɣebuli) — marked with a date
  • German: datiert — marked with a date
  • Hungarian: keltezett — marked with a date
  • Hungarian: keltezéssel ellátott — marked with a date
  • Hungarian: keltezésű — marked with a date
  • Macedonian: дати́ран (datíran) — marked with a date
  • Norwegian: datert — marked with a date
  • Portuguese: datado — marked with a date
  • Russian: дати́рованный (datírovannyj) — marked with a date
  • Slovak: datovaný — marked with a date
  • Spanish: fechado — marked with a date
  • Welsh: dyddiedig — marked with a date
  • Belarusian: пастарэ́лы (pastarély) — out of date
  • Belarusian: устарэ́лы (ustarély) — out of date
  • Bulgarian: остаря́л (ostarjál) — out of date
  • Bulgarian: отживя́л (otživjál) — out of date
  • Bulgarian: старомо́ден (staromóden) — out of date
  • Danish: forældet — out of date
  • Danish: ugyldig — out of date
  • Estonian: aegunud — out of date
  • Estonian: vana — out of date
  • Finnish: vanhahtava — out of date
  • French: démodé — out of date
  • French: vieilli — out of date
  • Georgian: მოძველებული (moʒvelebuli) — out of date
  • German: veraltet — out of date
  • Hungarian: elavulóban lévő — out of date
  • Hungarian: (kissé) elavult — out of date
  • Hungarian: avítt — out of date
  • Indonesian: usang — out of date
  • Macedonian: застарен (zastaren) — out of date
  • Norwegian: foreldet — out of date
  • Norwegian: utdatert — out of date
  • Portuguese: datado — out of date
  • Russian: устаре́вший (ustarévšij) — out of date
  • Russian: старомо́дный (staromódnyj) — out of date
  • Slovak: zastaraný — out of date
  • Slovak: neaktuálny — out of date
  • Ukrainian: поста́рі́лий (postárílyj) — out of date
  • Danish: anakronistisk — anachronistic
  • French: anachronique — anachronistic
  • Georgian: ანაქრონისტული (anakronisṭuli) — anachronistic
  • Georgian: ანაქრონული (anakronuli) — anachronistic
  • German: veraltet — anachronistic
  • German: anachronistisch — anachronistic
  • German: (wie) aus der Zeit gefallen — anachronistic
  • Portuguese: datado — anachronistic
  • Portuguese: obsoleto — anachronistic
  • Russian: анахрони́ческий (anaxroníčeskij) — anachronistic
  • Russian: анахрони́чный (anaxroníčnyj) — anachronistic
  • Slovak: anachronický — anachronistic
  • Slovak: prestárnutý — anachronistic
  • Swedish: gammalmodig — anachronistic
  • Bulgarian: старомоден (staromoden) — no longer fashionable
  • Czech: zastaralý — no longer fashionable
  • Danish: umoderne — no longer fashionable
  • Danish: udgået — no longer fashionable
  • French: démodé — no longer fashionable
  • Georgian: დრომოჭმული (dromoč̣muli) — no longer fashionable
  • Georgian: მოძველებული (moʒvelebuli) — no longer fashionable
  • German: unmordern — no longer fashionable
  • German: unmodisch — no longer fashionable
  • German: altmodisch — no longer fashionable
  • Hungarian: avíttas — no longer fashionable
  • Hungarian: régimódi — no longer fashionable
  • Hungarian: idejétmúlt — no longer fashionable
  • Indonesian: basi — no longer fashionable
  • Norwegian: umoderne — no longer fashionable
  • Norwegian: utgått — no longer fashionable
  • Norwegian: utdatert — no longer fashionable
  • Portuguese: datado — no longer fashionable
  • Portuguese: antiquado — no longer fashionable
  • Russian: старомо́дный (staromódnyj) — no longer fashionable
  • Russian: устаре́лый (ustarélyj) — no longer fashionable
  • Russian: устаре́вший (ustarévšij) — no longer fashionable
  • Slovak: staromódny — no longer fashionable
  • Spanish: pasado de moda — no longer fashionable
  • Swedish: föråldrad — no longer fashionable
  • Swedish: gammalmodig — no longer fashionable
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