Dated

/ˈdeɪtɪd/

verb

  1. To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

    to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter

  2. To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.

  3. To determine the age of something.

    to date the building of the pyramids

Synonyms: age, elden, obsolesce, go out, see

adjective

  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 Outdated.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.

Synonyms: anachronous, démodé, old hat, old-fashioned, outdated, retro

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