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month Definition

month (munt̸h)

noun

  1. any of the main parts (usually twelve) into which the calendar year is divided
    1. the time from any date of one month to the corresponding date of the next
    2. a period of four weeks or 30 days
  3. the period of a complete revolution of the moon around the earth with respect to some object; esp.,
    1. the period (synodic month) marked by two successive lunar conjunctions with the sun, equal on the average to 29.53 days: also called lunar month
    2. the sidereal month
  4. one twelfth of the solar year

Etymology: ME < OE monath, akin to Ger monat, ON manuthr < Gmc *menōth- < IE *mēnōt, month, moon, var. of mēn: see moon

month Idioms

month after month

every month or for many successive months

month by month

each month

month in, month out

every month

month of Sundays

Informal a long time

month Synonyms

month

n.

measure of time, thirty days, one-twelfth of a year, four weeks, moon, period.

Types of months include: calendar, lunar, synodical, anomalistic, nodical, tropical, sidereal, solar.

month Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • exceed: An interruption of study should not normally exceed 12 months for any category of student.
  • publish: Your forum for news and views, published every other month.
  • come: The focus of the coming months is laying the policy basis for the legislation.

Preposition: in

  • jail: The tourist could now face up to three months in jail under India's obscenity laws.
  • advance: Advertisers will be invoiced one month in advance of ad renewal.
  • prison: The six people on trial escaped with relatively light sentences, three months in prison and a fine each.

Adjective modifier

  • few: Over the next few months, you'll hear about PCI Express.
  • last: Last month the Welsh Assembly voted for a public inquiry into the service, which has been told to make savings of £ 10m.
  • next: Over the next few months, you'll hear about PCI Express.
  • coming: The appointments to both are expected within the coming months.
  • past: The politics of the past several months have been full of interest.
  • several: The politics of the past several months have been full of interest.

Modifies a noun

  • period: Private sector members may try out our services for a three month trial period without paying a subscription.
  • warranty: These PCs are pre-used refurbished units and come with a 3 month hardware warranty.

Noun used with modifier

  • twelve: Your marriage must then take place within twelve months of the date you gave notice.
  • winter: Watching my 3 sons play rugby takes up most of my time in the winter months.
  • summer: During summer months sandals are acceptable only with dark socks.
  • calendar: Yes, you have one calendar month from the date you are notified about he overpayment in which to make an appeal.
  • eleven: Nearly eleven months later the Council decided that his placards constituted a ' nuisance ' and began proceedings to remove him ( 1 ).
month Quotes

April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

Die Zeit hat inWirklichkeit keine Einschnitte, es gibt kein Gewitter oder Drommetenget o« n beim Beginn eines neuen Monats oder Jahres, und selbst bei dem eines neuen S a« kulums sind es nur wir Menschen, die schieÞen und l a« uten. Timehasno divisionstomark its passage, there isnevera thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.

—Mann,Thomas

   Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.

—Stevenson, Robert Louis

March is the month that God designed to show those who don't drink what a hangover is like.

—Keillor, (Gary Edward) Garrison

Here I am, an old man in a dry month, Being read to bya boy, waiting for rain.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

As in a month you've got to die If Ko-Ko tells us true, 'Twere empty compliment to cry 'Long life to Nanki-Poo!' But as one month you have to live As fellow-citizen, This toast with three times three we'll giveö 'Long life to youötill then!'

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring.

—Milton,John