January
- proper noun
- /ˈdʒæn.juˌɛr.i/
- Many people set New Year's resolutions at the beginning of January each year.
- January 1
- January 31
- January and February
If you get a bad October, January layoffs could be bad.
- If you get a bad October, January layoffs could be bad.
- Now there's a program coming out in January, my IVF journey.
- My favorite thing about January is that it's over.
- It's like it's like the January window is the worst.
- You can wear those well into January and February if you so wish.
- And so I was out of school from October through January until January.
- Maybe like maybe like January, February, March, April, May, June.
- And I was like, oh, OK, So in January, I emailed this person.
- New year January, new year, new year.
- First fight out was January on a match room show on the Sky.
- And had I heard myself say this in January, I would have knocked myself out.
- He was also the Co CEO of Salesforce until January of this year, AKA Slack.
- So for example, in January, I don't buy clothes.
- Like it's still not be five years in January since he passed away.
Examples
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You can wear those well into January and February if you so wish.
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Up in my room one cold January night, I wrote the first letter.
Fiction book (1990) -
Being able to be out here in January is such a treat.
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My favorite thing about January is that it's over.
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We're doing one in January at the City University of New York.
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So starting in January, look forward to hearing from you.
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The actual day of the election was on January 5th.
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It is January 15, to be exact.
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Listen: My heating bill for the month of January is $39.74 - a fair assessment, I think.
Fiction book (1990) -
So when you make New Year's resolutions this January, they're real.
Synonyms
A short form of January, the first month of the year
Compounds
- US
A day when some southern U.S. states honor the birthday of General Robert E. Lee
- Literature
A violent attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 that threatened democracy
Surface Forms
Etymology
January comes from the Roman god Janus, whose name comes from the Latin ianua meaning 'door'. Janus had two faces, one looking back and one looking forward, so January is seen as the 'door' to the new year and a time for new beginnings.