Definition of "dates" []

• Plural form of date. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of date. (verb)

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• "The term dates back to the 19th century, when architectural students at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris would work on deadline projects in their ateliers, and upon completion, rush through the streets of the Latin Quarter, their renderings placed in a hand cart, or charrette, and pull them to the school."
• "Think about what might happen if you have children in different schools where the term dates don't coincide..."
• "The statue of the Virgin dates from the early 1500s, and is believed to have been brought to the area by the early missionaries."