plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: the 15th day of March, May, July, or October or the 13th day of any other month in the ancient Roman calendar
broadly
: this day and the seven days preceding it
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Beware the ides of May, when the broadcast networks unveil their fall schedules at upfronts, touting a crop of new shows that just might contain the Next Big Thing (or not).
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Dan Snierson, EW.com, 13 May 2022
Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar was famously stabbed to death at the Curia of Pompey on the ides of March in 44 BCE.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2022
The Curia of Pompey is famous for being the site where Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on the ides of March in 44 BCE.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Feb. 2022
Here is the full account, translated from the Latin: On the 7th of the ides of June [1195], around the sixth hour, a marvellous sign descended near London.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2022
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Dan Snierson, EW.com, 13 May 2022
Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar was famously stabbed to death at the Curia of Pompey on the ides of March in 44 BCE.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2022
The Curia of Pompey is famous for being the site where Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on the ides of March in 44 BCE.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Feb. 2022
Here is the full account, translated from the Latin: On the 7th of the ides of June [1195], around the sixth hour, a marvellous sign descended near London.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2022
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plural noun
: the 15th day of March, May, July, or October or the 13th day of any other month in the ancient Roman calendar
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