to date

prepositional phrase

Until now; until the present time.

Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative to-date

  1. idiomaticUntil now; until the present time.

    This is Carn's most impressive album to date, both in terms of performance and repertoire.

    1981, Billboard Publications, Inc., “Billboard's Top Album Picks”, in Billboard, volume 93, number 31, page 62
    2 more examples

    HONAN HYDROELECTRIC POWER—To date Wu-chih County has built 101 small hydroelectric power stations with a total capacity of 6,118 kw.

    1977 November 28 [1977 October 18], “Briefs”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 404, United States Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 22

    At 11.20 pm, a co-worker watched Brianna walk to her car alone and drive out of the parking lot. That was the last confirmed sighting of Brianna Maitland to date.

    2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2026

    Synonyms: erenow, so far, thus far

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseUntil now; until the present time.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbprior to the present time

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Arabic حتّى الآن
  • حتّى الآنuntil now
Danish til/fra dags dato, til dato
  • til/fra dags datountil now
  • til datountil now
Finnish tähän mennessä
  • tähän mennessäuntil now
French à ce jour, à date
  • à ce jouruntil now
  • à dateuntil now
German bis jetzt, bis heute
  • bis jetztuntil now
  • bis heuteuntil now
Italian finora, ad oggi
  • finorauntil now
  • ad oggiuntil now
Polish dotychczas, do dziś
  • dotychczasuntil now
  • do dziśuntil now
Spanish hasta la fecha
  • hasta la fechauntil now
Swedish till dags dato
  • till dags datountil now
Cite this entry
APA

to date. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20date

MLA

“to date.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20date. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to date,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20date.

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