date

Definitions of date
  1. noun
    the present
    synonyms: datage
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    présent
    the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
  2. noun
    the specified day of the month
    synonyms: jour
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    jour
    time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
  3. noun
    the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
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    jour calendaire
    a day reckoned from midnight to midnight
    année civile
    the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar
    mois
    one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
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Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 11, Unit 4, Lessons 2–3.

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