lexis4u: Dating

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 46 v.06

Date

appointment |n| an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.
date |n| a social meeting planned before it happens, especially one between two people who have or might have a romantic relationship.
"He's asked her out on a date."
"She has a hot date tonight."
"We went out on a date."
"I've got a date with someone from work tonight."
"I want there on a date with a boy I used to know."
double date |n| a date in which two couples participate.
blind date |n| a date with a person one has not previously met, with a romantic or sexual aim.
"Elaine arranged for me to go on a blind date with a bloke from her office."
rendevous / tryst |literary| |n| a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly.
"She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar."
"It's a good place for a moonlight tryst."

engagement |n| a formal agreements to get married.
"They announced their engagement at the party on Saturday."
"They married after a two-month engagement.
hooking up |pv| a casual get together between two people that may or may not be sexual in nature.
courtship 1 |n| is the period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage, or establishment of an agreed relationship of a more enduring kind.
courtship 2 |n| a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage).
"Its was a brief and intense courtship."
suit |n| a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage).
woo |v| to seek the affection of with intent to romance.
to ask out |pv| invite someone for a date.
"John asked Alice out for dinner."
"He wanted to ask her out but was too shy."

engagement ring |n| a ring given in token of betrothal; especially: a diamond solitaire so given by a man to his fiancée.

girlfriend |n| a person's regular female companion in a romantic or sexual relationship.
"His girlfriend's very young."
"Bill arrived at the party with his new girlfriend on his arm."
bird / date |US| |n| |slang| a girlfriend.
fiancée |n| the woman who a man is going to marry.
"Rod plans to marry his fiancée later this year."

boyfriend |n| a man or boy who a person is having a romantic or sexual relationship with.
"Anna says she feels jealous every time another woman looks at her boyfriend."
"I hear Paula has moved in with her boyfriend."
fiancé |n| the man whom a woman is going to marry.
"Her fiancé was killed in the war."
man |n| |informal| a woman's husband or boyfriend.
"She'll always stand by her man."
toy boy |n| |informal humorous| a young man who is having a sexual relationship with and older woman.
"A woman with a toy boy gets a lot more disapproving looks than a man with a younger woman."
sugar daddy |n| |informal| an older man who gives a younger woman presents and money in return for their company and often for sex.
"I can imagine her cashing checks from some mysterious sugar daddy."

lover |n| someone who you have a sexual relationship with, but who you are not married to.
"He was going to meet his secret lover."
old flame |n| |informal| someone who was your girlfriend or boyfriend in the past
"I found a love letter from one of his old flames."
partner |n| the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with.
"He brought his partner along to the party."