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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"

Synonymsage, 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 Outdated.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."

Synonymsanachronous, démodé, old hat, old-fashioned, outdated, retro
Antonymsundated, a la mode, trendy, current, up-to-date

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