dated

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdeɪtɪd/

Adjective

dated

1. Marked with a date.

   The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.

2. Outdated.

   "Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus.

3. Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.

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

4. No longer fashionable.

   Slang can become dated very quickly.

Synonyms

• (marked with a date)
• (out of date, old) outdated, old-fashioned, retro; see also Thesaurus:obsolete
• (anachronistic) anachronous; see also Thesaurus:anachronistic
• (no longer fashionable) démodé, old hat; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable

Antonyms

• (marked with a date) undated
• (out of date, old) up-to-date, current
• (anachronistic)
• (no longer fashionable) a la mode, trendy; see also Thesaurus:fashionable

Translations

• French: daté
• German: datiert
• Portuguese: datado
• Russian: датировать
• Spanish: fechado

Translations

• French: démodé, vieilli
• German: veraltet
• Portuguese: datado
• Russian: устаре́вший
• Spanish: anticuado, obsoleto

Translations

• French: anachronique
• German: veraltet, anachronistisch, aus der Zeit gefallen
• Portuguese: datado, obsoleto
• Russian: анахрони́ческий
• Spanish: desusado

Translations

• French: démodé
• German: unmordern, unmodisch, altmodisch
• Portuguese: datado, antiquado
• Russian: старомо́дный
• Spanish: pasado de moda

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of date

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