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December

December

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The last month of the year that comes after November
  • noun
  • /dɪˈsɛmbər/
translation icon : diciembre
  • Many families decorate their homes for the holidays in December.

My friends, it is time for a December beauty roundup.

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Examples

  • In December, the days get shorter and colder as winter approaches.

  • She always looks forward to her birthday in December.

  • That it's there for December because I love Christmas.

  • Make it a special event in December that you join us for.

  • Apple set to release a film starring Smith in December and Chris Rock.

  • My friends, it is time for a December beauty roundup.

  • Now most people middle of December, you know, they're not going out.

  • Tesla's stock price end of December goes down.

  • He decided last year in December, I'm going to get my truck.

  • We're ending the tour in December in Milwaukee and Detroit.

Synonyms

Dec
vsDecember
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A short form of December, the twelfth month of the year

is the full name rather than an abbreviated form

Compounds

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The last day of the year often celebrated as New Year's Eve

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A Roman Catholic holy day that honors the belief that the Virgin Mary was born without sin

A woman who gets married in December

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An online joke challenge telling people to have or avoid sex during December

The time in December that is around the 13th to 19th

Surface Forms

December singular
Decembers plural

Etymology

The word December comes from the Latin decem, meaning 'ten', and shares the same root as decade. It was the tenth month in an old Roman year that began in March, so even though it is now the twelfth month the name still means 'ten'.