DATING | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of dating in English datingnoun uk/ˈdeɪ.tɪŋ/ us/ˈdeɪ.t̬ɪŋ/

dating noun (ROMANTIC MEETINGS)

Add to word list Add to word list [ U ] the activity of going on dates (= meetings between two people who have or might have a romantic relationship), especially in the hope of finding a partner: Technology has changed dating for ever. Would you let your parents give you dating advice?dating app I tested the most popular dating apps, from those meant for hookups to the best for relationships.dating site She found he was cheating on her with several different women he had met on internet dating sites.dating show When she appeared on a dating show (= a TV show that tries to put people together romantically), she picked an estate agent called Leo. See also computer dating internet dating online dating speed dating dating agency

• My friends and I talk about our awful experiences with dating.
• I'm not looking for anything long-term at the moment; I'm just happy doing lots of dating.
• They are very religious - dating, sex before marriage, and experimenting with alcohol or drugs are all strictly forbidden.
• They recently split and are both apparently back on the dating apps.

Meeting people

• acquaintance
• ayup
• bump into someone phrasal verb
• conclave
• counter-rally
• cross someone's path/cross paths with someone idiom
• make yourself known idiom
• mass
• massed
• meeting
• muster point
• open house
• paths cross idiom
• pick
• pick someone/something up phrasal verb
• play date
• power breakfast
• power lunch
• rendezvous
• respect

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Relationships: finding a partner

dating noun (TIME)

[ C or U ] the act or process of discovering the time when something happened, existed, or was made, usually using scientific methods: New technologies permit the precise dating of volcanic eruptions and biological extinctions associated with them. We are very interested in getting accurate dating of the fossils. Archaeologists used modern dating techniques to show that the remains were between 3,900 and 5,000 years old. See also carbon dating

• Robotic dating of planetary rocks should be possible.
• Tree ring analysis has confirmed the dating of the tower's wooden roofs.
• The samples were sent to the university lab for dating.
• The datings independently arrived at by all three laboratories were very similar.

Origins and sources

• at source phrase
• bases
• be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc. idiom
• beginning
• birth
• birthplace
• cradle
• emanate
• emanate from/through something/someone phrasal verb
• fount
• fountainhead
• gateway drug
• hail
• origin
• originate
• paternity
• provenance
• recipe
• root
• seed

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Geology - general words (Definition of dating from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of dating

dating Therefore, judgements of vertical relations between different fissure deposits within a locality and without intrinsic dating evidence are subject to considerable scepticism. From the Cambridge English Corpus Later binding, dating from the second half of the eighteenth century. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is a fine collection, ably edited and with plentiful and helpful notes to explain dating and identify individuals. From the Cambridge English Corpus The composition books dating 1618-41 show stationers standing as surety for well over 300 clerical appointments. From the Cambridge English Corpus Dating letter 153 proves somewhat more vexing, but assistance is found in yet a third letter, which also seems to reference the drafted letter 153. From the Cambridge English Corpus This tiny leather-bound volume contained a set of maps, carefully copied from originals dating from 1857 up to 1872. From the Cambridge English Corpus Research with dating couples would be important for understanding how each partner's self-conceptualization matches or complements the other. From the Cambridge English Corpus The ion microprobe method is capable of dating 10-30 m sized domains within single zircon crystals. From the Cambridge English Corpus Reproduced here are two sides of a flyer, possibly dating from the 1940s. From the Cambridge English Corpus But his subsequent discussion appears more concerned with revisiting adolescent dating behaviors, discussing the vices of watching television and of using electronic mail. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, a shortcoming is associated with precisely dating lake sediment cores. From the Cambridge English Corpus The relation between current impressions and memories of self and dating partners. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is indicated on a plan dating from about 1914. From the Cambridge English Corpus Australian patients reported greater fears of dating and initiating conversations. From the Cambridge English Corpus The notion that manipulation of sensorimotor contingencies underlies perception and awareness is old, dating at least to behaviorist views. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of dating?

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• date
• carbon dating
• misdate
• date stamp
• dating agency
• dating service
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• date back phrasal verb
• date from something phrasal verb

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  • Noun 
    • dating (ROMANTIC MEETINGS)
    • dating (TIME)
• English   
  • Verb 
    • date (TIME)
    • date (MEET)
    • date (SHOW AGE)
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