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dated

  • /ˈdeɪtɪd/

Rhymes with -eɪtɪd

adjective more dated · most dated

  1. Marked with a date. The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.
  2. Outdated. "Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus.
  3. Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context. Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else.
  4. No longer fashionable. Slang can become dated very quickly.
  5. obsolete Alotted a span of days. Then ſtrike vp Drum, and al the ſtarres that make The loathſome Circle of my dated life, Direct my weapon to his barbarous heart, That thus oppoſeth him againſt the Gods, And ſcornes the Powers that gouerne Perſea.

Similar: old-fashioned, retro, old hat

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of date

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