February
- proper noun
- /ˈfɛb.ruːˌɛr.i/
- Data collection for this study took place during February and March 2009.
- February 2011
- February 2010
- February 2009
Like March is green, pink for me is February, blue is January.
- Like March is green, pink for me is February, blue is January.
- So yeah, Jasper came along in February of this year.
- So I might go back in February for the Brockway show.
- So it probably would have been around February or March of the next year.
- So over a year ago, it was February, Russia invaded Ukraine.
- But here we are now at the end of February and I feel really good.
- I don't think that was public until February or March of the following year.
- You can wear those well into January and February if you so wish.
- What's the way that we don't just get to the February slump and everything drops off?
- And it's now it's early February and.
Examples
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January is cold, but February usually brings a hint of spring.
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Applications will be due by January 15, 2012, and teachers will be selected by February 15, 2012.
Academic text (2011) -
And it's now it's early February and.
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So that was my February so fun.
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Now here we're talking about the first week of February, right?
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It's Super Bowl Sunday, February 5, 2017 the biggest stage in sports.
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Just for the record, This is the 4th of February, 1997.
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So yeah, Jasper came along in February of this year.
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It's fairly pleasant out considering it's February. I always meant to try golf.
Fiction book (1992) -
Any talk of Napoleon's defeat in late February was premature.
Synonyms
A short name for the second month of the year
Compounds
A small European shrub with fragrant lilac flowers that bloom early and red poisonous berries
A 1917 Russian uprising that forced the tsar to give up power and set up a temporary government
Surface Forms
Etymology
February comes from the Latin Februarius, named for the Roman festival Februa which was about 'purification'. So February became the month for cleaning and getting ready before spring, which helps explain its place at the end of winter in the calendar.