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I went to an all-girls' school with 43 people in my class, so dances were small. I always went with girlfriends or a blind date.
Shantel VanSanten

Meaning of "blind date" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLIND DATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLIND DATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blind date is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLIND DATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Blind date

A blind date is a social engagement between two persons who have not previously met, usually arranged by a mutual acquaintance.

Definition of blind date in the English dictionary

The definition of blind date in the dictionary is a social meeting between two people who have not met before. Other definition of blind date is either of the persons involved.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLIND DATE

blind
blind alley
blind as a bat
blind bid
blind blocking
blind corner
Blind Freddie
blind gut
blind man´s buff
blind register
blind side
blind snake
blind spot
blind staggers
blind stamping
blind stitch
blind summit
blind test
blind trust
blind-side

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLIND DATE

best-before date
Chinese date
closing date
completion date
cut-off date
date
double date
drop-dead date
due date
end date
expiration date
expiry date
of even date
out of date
payment date
publication date
release date
sell-by date
up to date
use-by date
value date

Synonyms and antonyms of blind date in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blind date» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLIND DATE

Find out the translation of blind date to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blind date from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blind date» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

相亲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cita a ciegas
570 millions of speakers

English

blind date
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंधे तारीख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تاريخ عمياء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свидание вслепую
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

encontro às cegas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্ধ তারিখ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

blind date
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tarikh buta
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blind Date
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブラインドデート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소개팅
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wuta tanggal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngày mù
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குருட்டு தேதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनोळखी भेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kör Randevu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

appuntamento al buio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

randka w ciemno
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

побачення наосліп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

data orb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ραντεβού στα τυφλά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blind date
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blind date
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blind date
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blind date

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLIND DATE»

The term «blind date» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.560 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLIND DATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blind date» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blind date» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blind date

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7 QUOTES WITH «BLIND DATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blind date.
1
Peter Farrelly
You know, I'm not sure I ever even had a blind date!
2
Will Harvey
What is research but a blind date with knowledge?
3
Randall Jarrell
The blind date that has stood you up: your life.
4
Hunter Parrish
I've never done a blind date but my parents met on a blind date.
5
Shantel VanSanten
I went to an all-girls' school with 43 people in my class, so dances were small. I always went with girlfriends or a blind date.
6
Cynthia Weil
That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them.
7
Reese Witherspoon
I had someone correct my grammar once on a blind date, and within the first 10 minutes the date was over. You just don't correct somebody's grammar. That's just not okay. I'm from Tennessee, so I probably say everything wrong. I might have said 'ain't,' or something like that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLIND DATE»

Discover the use of blind date in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blind date and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blind Date
Blind Date is a spectacular and erotically charged psychological novel that shows Jerzy Kosinski, author of Being There and The Painted Bird, at the height of his power.
Jerzy Kosinski, 2007
2
Blind Date
After a series of crank telephone calls, Kerry thinks a blind date will change his luck, unware that his date is secretly bent on revenge.
R. L. Stine, 1986
3
Blind Date: And, The Actor
Structured as a prize fight between two starkly ambitious men in professional crisis, FROST/NIXON makes it clear that the competitor who controls the camera reaps the spoils.
Horton Foote, 2007
4
Blind Date
Non-fiction account of my being blinded in a case of mistaken identity.
Carl R. Stekelenburg, 2003
5
Not Another Blind Date...: Skin Deep\Hold On\Ex Marks the Spot
These Valentine's Day dates have all the markings of blind-date disaster! Or do they? Skin Deep by Janelle Denison Who says nice girls can't have fun? And Jayne does—dirty dancing and a lot more!—with a hot bad boy one night.
Janelle Denison, Leslie Kelly, Jo Leigh, 2011
6
Blind Date
How do you make people love you?
Frances Fyfield, 2012
7
Blind-Date Bride
Getting stood up on a blind date was the best thing that could happen to police officer Max Decker.
Jillian Hart, 2009
8
Blind date: sex and philosophy
An intimate discussion of sex and philosophy
Anne Dufourmantelle, Catherine Porter, 2007
9
The Widow's Blind Date
This beautiful verse drama is one of the best known works of the modern theater.
Israel Horovitz, 1990
10
Blind-Date Baby
Dear Noah, It seems like just the other day that I met you on blinddatebrides.com.
Fiona Harper, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLIND DATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blind date is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Blind Date Turns Into An OK Woman's Nightmare
A blind date turned into a nightmare for an Oklahoma woman who barely survived. Her family said her date wrecked the car they were in then ... «news9.com KWTV, Jul 15»
2
New Horizons Returns to Normal After July 4 'Anomaly'
Missing this chance could have delayed the crafts 'blind date' with the protoplanet by five to six years. Amazingly, things worked out just in time. «Nature World News, Jul 15»
3
What Other Invasive Questions Should a Kindergarten Ask?
As Paiuk points out in the original Motherlode piece, the question reminded her "of some awful blind date asking if the carpet matched the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Dinauer, Richard Charles
Richard met the love of his life, Monica Rose Martens, on a blind date in Stevens Point. They started corresponding and eventually married on ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
5
Uee May Prefer Sung Joon on 'High Society' But Will She Date Z …
When she and Kwang Hee were matched up on a blind date for Infinity Challenge, it was a dream come true for Kwang Hee as he previously ... «KDramaStars, Jul 15»
6
Mama Kin feels Nova Scotia connection
“We were paired together like a blind date, and I fell in love with her upon our first gig,” recalls Caruana. “So I got her over here to do some ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
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A tale of a welder-turned-teacher and his bride
This story gets better because Joyce was scheduled to go on a blind date that very same evening with Ken Dawson. She said, "Ken never said ... «Prince George Citizen, Jul 15»
8
Blind date
Blind date. Philip, 61, chef, meets Elaine, 65, writing mentor. Blind date: Elaine and Philip. Did sparks fly when Philip met Elaine? Photograph: ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Not quite the blind date Canes fans had in mind
It's not the blind date they hoped for but two Wellington women have found a couple of men to watch the Super Rugby final with. Hurricanes ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
10
OKCupid Blind Dating Is Much Less Intense Than OKStupid at UCB …
Julia, a blind date contestant at UCB's The OKStupid Show. Hso Hkam ... Emily, the first blind date of the night at UCB's The OKStupid Show. «LA Weekly, Jul 15»

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