"dating" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdeɪt.ɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dating.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dating.wav 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), noviazgo [masculine] (Spanish), salir en citas [masculine] (Spanish), ligoteo [masculine] (Spanish), salir / andar con alguien [masculine] (Spanish), pololeo [masculine] (Spanish), randevulaşma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dating-en-noun-kTtUeLCN Disambiguation of Love: 83 7 4 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 16 19 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 8 29 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 59 9 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 60 9 22 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 58 7 28 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 63 7 24 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 9 22 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 5 29 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 8 26 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 24 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 63 8 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 60 9 22 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 63 7 24 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 63 8 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 64 8 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 63 7 24 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 62 8 26 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 63 8 22 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 63 8 22 7 Disambiguation of 'a form of romantic courtship': 97 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), کیجیدن (Persian), дати́рование (datírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), datación [feminine] (Spanish), fechación [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': 14 75 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), fechación [feminine] (Spanish), zaman tespiti (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dating-en-noun-QDlknDyk Disambiguation of 'setting of a date': 5 1 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈdeɪt.ɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dating.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dating.wav
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

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (f90d964 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.