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cyberdate

cyberdate noun: a person who takes part in cyberdating.

Noun

cyberdate (plural cyberdates)

  1. A person who takes part in cyberdating.
  2. A date (romantic event) brought about by cyberdating.
    • Richie has a cyberdate. That's what he tells me. “You met a girl online? Don't you have a girlfriend already?2007, John Weir, What I Did Wrong, Penguin, →ISBN

Verb

cyberdate (third-person singular simple present cyberdates, present participle cyberdating, simple past and past participle cyberdated)

  1. (uncommon) To date online.
    • Our modems came through where stamps, telephone and fax machines failed. We each already know we like how the other looks, sounds, smiles, thinks. No disappointments there because we're cyberdating to maintain what we liked at first glance.1995 May 7, “Cyberdating's Fine if You First Know What You're Getting”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of cyberdate

Noun
pluralcyberdates
Verb
third-person singular presentcyberdates
present participlecyberdating
past participlecyberdated
pastcyberdated

Origin of cyberdate

From cyber- + date.

Questions about cyberdate

What does cyberdate mean?
Cyberdate means a person who takes part in cyberdating.
What part of speech is cyberdate?
Cyberdate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of cyberdate?
The plural of cyberdate is cyberdates.

Words near cyberdate in the dictionary

  1. cybercycled
  2. cybercycles
  3. cybercycling
  4. cyberczar
  5. cyberczars
  6. cyberdate
  7. cyberdated
  8. cyberdater
  9. cyberdaters
  10. cyberdates
  11. cyberdating

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