dated

CEFRB1

/ˈdeɪtɪd/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Old-fashioned and no longer suitable or useful.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.

Examples

  • Here is our answer to your fax message dated April 1st.

  • Thank you for your letter dated 24th March.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Marked with a date.

  2. No longer fashionable.

  3. Alotted a span of days.

More examples

In context

  • The statue is dated 1920.

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

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

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Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

His suit looked blank, like from the 1980s.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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