PLAYDATE Definition & Meaning

playdate

or play date

[ pley-deyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

an appointment made by parents or caregivers from different families to have their young children play together:
My son has a playdate this afternoon, so I’ll be picking him up early from day care.

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First recorded in 1985–90

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Smooth the way by arranging a playdate or two before school starts.

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A classmate, over for a playdate, found the letter and mocked it, but I was undeterred.

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She has never been on a playdate or sleepover, she would not be able to ask for something anywhere or let her needs be known.

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When our dads had discovered we lived on the same street, our moms had thought it would be fun to have a playdate.

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One day my son had a playdate with a friend, and they came to my wife and said, “When we grow up, we will want an RV, a dog and not have kids.”

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