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calendar month

calendar month

2 1.0
A period from the first to the last day of a named month
  • noun
  • /ˈkælɪndər mʌnθ/
translation icon : mes calendario
  • Every decedent was assigned daily mean humidex values for the day of death (case day) and for all occurrences of the same weekday within the same calendar month (control days).
  • one calendar month

Examples

  • Exploratory analysis of other calendar effects revealed a tendency for the number of calls to increase over the course of a calendar month.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Some almanacs and calendars assert that when two full moons occur within a calendar month, the second full moon is called a "blue moon."

    Blog text (14)
  • Patient days by hospital unit during the calendar month

    Academic text (2013)
  • What have you examined or perhaps paid attention to this kind of calendar month?

    Blog text (32)
  • At present, signs and constellations are about one calendar month off.

    Blog text (13)
  • The percentages of case and control patients with evidence of parasitaemia varied substantially with the calendar month, even during the rainy season.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Then, within one calendar month, the fall of Kabul, the coup in Dushanbe, and trips by Islamic leaders to Central Asia occurred.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The requisite level of remote seller sale activity triggering tax collection responsibilities is sales in excess of $10,000 measured using the 12 preceding calendar months.

    Academic text (2017)
  • On the other hand, Small Quantity Generators are businesses that are classified as such if in one calendar month they generate between 220 and 2,200 pounds of hazardous waste and produce 2.2 pounds or less of acutely hazardous waste.

    Academic text (1994)
  • In March, there are 31 days in the calendar month.

Synonyms

month
vscalendar month
1.0

A period of about four weeks or one of the twelve parts of the year

is the precise yearly division fixed to official start and end dates

Surface Forms

Morphology

calendar + month

The meaning 'a month as defined by the calendar' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'calendar' (the calendrical system) with 'month' (a one-month time span). This noun–noun modifier pattern is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The phrase calendar month comes from the simple idea of a whole month shown on a calendar; the words calendar and month point to the month from its first day to its last day. So, it means a full 'named month' rather than any '30-day period'.