dating

Going on outings

Dating is the practice of going on dates—social outings with romantic or sexual potential.

It can describe a single activity We've been dating for a few months or a relationship stage between meeting and commitment.

Dating someone means seeing them regularly in a romantic context.

The dating scene refers to the social world of meeting potential partners.

Carbon dating and similar technical senses use dating to mean determining age through scientific analysis.

romantic

relationship

Connection between entities

attraction · compatibility · courtship · flirting · crush · sweetheart · suitor · wooing · matchmaking · swipe

intimacy

affection

Warm emotional attachment

touch · kiss · embrace · passion · romance · tenderness · physical · cuddle · warmth · desire

scientific

carbon-14

Radioactive isotope for dating

half-life · potassium-argon · uranium-lead · thermoluminescence · dendrochronology · stratigraphy · calibration · absolute · relative · geochronology

commitment

engagement

Commitment to wed or attend

partnership · bond · going steady · serious · long-term · promise · devotion · loyalty · trust · stability

archaeology

excavation

Act of unearthing

  • artifactsHuman-made historical objects
  • fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
  • siteDesignated location

prehistoric · stratigraphy · pottery · ceramics · ruins · paleontology · sediment · context · provenance · chronology

geological

era

Distinct historical period

  • epochDistinct historical period
  • periodPunctuation ending sentences
  • JurassicDinosaur-dominated geological period

Cambrian · Mesozoic · Cenozoic · Holocene · Pleistocene · Paleolithic · Neolithic · Bronze Age · Iron Age · timeline

social

apps

Mobile software, briefly

  • meetupInformal planned gathering
  • mixerCombines ingredients or people
  • singlesUnattached individuals

set up · wingman · networking · introduction · mingle · scene

Categories
Opposites
relationship status/commitment

datingmarried

Joined in matrimony

marriage · engaged · wedded · engagement · commitment

romantic pursuit vs. non-pursuit

datingsingle

One in number

celibacy · celibate · abstaining · off the market · unattached

TEMPORAL DETERMINATION (assigning dates)

datingundated

Lacking temporal marker

timeless · antidating · misdating · undatable · ageless

Phrases
Family

updating, predating, carbon dating, postdating, speed dating, radiocarbon dating

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG