"dating" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdeɪt.ɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dating.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dating.wav [US] Forms: datings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dating (countable and uncountable, plural datings)
  1. A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Love Translations (a form of romantic courtship): rendevuado (Esperanto), seurustelu (Finnish), Stelldichein [common-gender] (German), randizás (Hungarian), randevúzás (Hungarian), kencan (Indonesian), siúl amach le [masculine] (Irish), уха́живание (uxáživanije) (english: courting) [neuter] (Russian), свида́ния (svidánija) [neuter, plural] (Russian), randevulaşma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dating-en-noun-kTtUeLCN Disambiguation of Love: 52 6 3 39 Disambiguation of 'a form of romantic courtship': 96 1 2
  2. An estimation of the age of an artifact, biological vestige, linguistic usage, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process of estimating the age of something): تأريخ (taʔrīḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), datació [feminine] (Catalan), datering [feminine] (Dutch), iänmääritys (Finnish), ajoitus (Finnish), datation [feminine] (French), Datierung [feminine] (German), kormeghatározás (Hungarian), datálás (Hungarian), penanggalan (Indonesian), dátú [masculine] (Irish), datazione (Italian), ڤنتاريخن (pentarikhan) (Malay), سنیابی (senn-yâbi) (Persian), дати́рование (datírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), datación [feminine] (Spanish), datering [common-gender] (Swedish), tarih atma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dating-en-noun-s8imvTrz Disambiguation of 'process of estimating the age of something': 12 77 10
  3. The setting of a date on which an event or transaction is to take place or take effect. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (setting of a date): datació [feminine] (Catalan), ajoitus (Finnish), penanggalan (Indonesian), datación [feminine] (Spanish), zaman tespiti (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dating-en-noun-QDlknDyk Disambiguation of 'setting of a date': 5 1 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: age-dating, dating coach, dating sim, dating simulator

Verb

IPA: /ˈdeɪt.ɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dating.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dating.wav [US]
Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dating
  1. present participle and gerund of date Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: date
    Sense id: en-dating-en-verb-8yEamUc2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 7 6 68

Inflected forms

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