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March

March

1 1.0
The third month of the year after February and before April
  • noun
  • /mɑrtʃ/
translation icon : marzo
  • I believe it was about March or April of last year

I believe it was about March or April of last year

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Examples

  • And then COVID happens in March and shuts it all down.

  • So really the spring season is really March, April, half of May.

  • So we had planned that starting in March and then the world stopped.

  • So pretty busy month in in March, a lot going on.

  • We launched this March, so it's kind of new.

  • It's been ongoing since March of last year.

  • And I will see you the first weekend in March in Philly.

  • It's it gets cold at night in March in Yosemite.

  • This will not be a pleasant March in sandals.

  • Our annual family reunion is always held in March when the weather starts to warm up.

Compounds

5 1.0

The date when people celebrate Saint Patrick's Day, an Irish holiday

A public walk by many people to show they disagree and ask for change

A piece of music played during a wedding when the bride walks down the aisle

A public march where people demand equal rights for different races

2 3.0

A public event where people protest against war and call for peace

Slow, sad music played during a funeral procession

1 5.1

A marching pace faster than walking and slower than running at about 120 steps per minute

1 8.8

Slow, solemn music played at funerals and memorial services

slow march
  • Formal
1 4.9

A slow, formal walk people make during a ceremony or funeral

line of march
  • Jargon
7.4

An ordered group of people walking in a row

line of march
  • Jargon
6.8

The route a group follows during an organized parade

The time around March 20 when day and night are nearly equal and spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere

A famous American band leader who wrote many military marches

1.0

The middle of March, usually around the 15th

Brisk music with a steady beat that helps soldiers walk together in parades

hunger march
  • Archaic
6.5

A march of people without work to demand jobs or food

6.3

Music with a steady marching beat played during a formal procession

6.8

A piece of music that people play while they leave a formal ceremony like a wedding

How Late

mid-March
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March
1 1.0

Surface Forms

March singular
Marches plural

Etymology

March comes from Mars, the Roman god of 'war', and the Romans called the month Martius. It was the time when armies began to move in spring, which links to the verb march (to walk in a line), so the month kept that name and became our third month.