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month (munt̸h)

noun

  1. any of the main parts (usually twelve) into which the calendar year is divided
    also calendar month
    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
    in full solar month

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

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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.


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month Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • exceed: An interruption of study should not normally exceed 12 months for any category of student.

Preposition: in

  • jail: The tourist could now face up to three months in jail under India's obscenity laws.

Adjective modifier

  • few: Over the next few months, you'll hear about PCI Express.

Modifies a noun

  • period: Private sector members may try out our services for a three month trial period without paying a subscription.

Noun used with modifier

  • twelve: Your marriage must then take place within twelve months of the date you gave notice.
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month quotes

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

-Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

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)

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)

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