double date

noun

: a date participated in by two couples
double-date intransitive verb

Examples of double date in a Sentence

Would you two ladies like to go on a double date with me and my friend?
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Joanne can tell there’s trouble when the woman who may one day become her sister-in-law shows up to a double date with bangs. Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 Garth and Abrams first met on a blind double date in 2014. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025 Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds joined Swift and Kelce for a double date in New York last year, and also cheered Kelce on with Swift at the 2024 Super Bowl. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025 In the script by Joshua Friedlander, a double-booking of a secluded rental mansion becomes a double date when Will (Alex Roe) and Cin (Andra Nechita) stumble in on the intimate weekend vacay of Sage (Maddie Hasson) and Diego (Marco Pigossi). Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for double date

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of double date was circa 1931

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“Double date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20date. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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