Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
bald date
English answer:
date by itself
Added to glossary by
Michael Powers (PhD)
Nov 18, 2003 03:39
20 yrs ago
English term
bald date
English
Art/Literary
- Makes up a little bit for my mistake... on the family tree.
- Leaving Richard off?
- I've been thinking about why it happened. I knew I had to check with Alice and the others how to put Richard on the tree - just the bald date or something else - and somehow it led to me leaving him off altogether.
[Richard died three years earlier in an accident]
- Leaving Richard off?
- I've been thinking about why it happened. I knew I had to check with Alice and the others how to put Richard on the tree - just the bald date or something else - and somehow it led to me leaving him off altogether.
[Richard died three years earlier in an accident]
Responses
| 4 +6 | date by itself |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 +2 | mere date |
Kim Metzger
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| 3 +1 | the plain, unadorned date (the frank and blunt date) |
chica nueva
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Change log
Dec 30, 2008 03:01: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Dec 30, 2008 03:02: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/52429">Michael Powers (PhD)'s</a> old entry - "bald date"" to ""date by itself""
Responses
+6
1 min
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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1174
Selected
date by itself
By bald here what I understand is simply the date, without the initials of the people or other information
Mike :)
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Note added at 2 mins (2003-11-18 03:41:58 GMT)
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However, although the intent was to only put the date, nothing was recorded on the tree to remember that moment - all possible memories were never recorded.
Mike :)
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Note added at 2 mins (2003-11-18 03:41:58 GMT)
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However, although the intent was to only put the date, nothing was recorded on the tree to remember that moment - all possible memories were never recorded.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This is what I thought but wanted to make sure... Thank you very much."
+2
2 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
&
English
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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2249
mere date
I'd say "bald date" means nothing but the date, simply the date and nothing else. Look at my head and you'll see what I mean.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jörgen Slet
6 hrs
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| agree |
Christopher Crockett
: Surely. Or, "merely the date". Though in the context of the passage given, you're well-haired, Kim.
10 hrs
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+1
3 hrs
chica nueva
Native in English
&
English
http://youtube/iraVWQu3Zf8
Native in: English (Variants: New Zealand, British)
Works in: Chinese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
83
the plain, unadorned date (the frank and blunt date)
Yes, the bare date...
Above are the two figurative meanings of bald which might go with its use in literature.
To state something 'baldly' is to give it 'frankly and bluntly'.
Above are the two figurative meanings of bald which might go with its use in literature.
To state something 'baldly' is to give it 'frankly and bluntly'.
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