month
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- noun
- /mʌnθ/
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mes
- Let's talk now about the month of October.
- last month
- next month
- months ago
What day, what week, what month, what hour, right?
- What day, what week, what month, what hour, right?
- I'll be in Denver next month at their MUFON.
- What will happen in three months, four months, five months?
- And I spent six months answering that question.
- We'll release over in the coming months many different things.
- You wanted it for three months, Not long enough.
- But at least at least once a month, I will cry.
- So the last three months I just left LA.
- But they will come for you and this can take months or even years.
- And it's now been three to four months since that buzz from the script.
- Now devaluation can last for months, years and even decades.
- If I don't have time for it this month, I will next year.
- I'm going to cut out drinking for the next month starting tomorrow.
Examples
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In a few months' time, you and me are going to be outnumbered.
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So hope you have a great month ahead in April.
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See you in a couple of months and wish me luck.
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What will happen in three months, four months, five months?
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Usually within weeks or months they will come down.
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Every month hundreds of claims come to this desk.
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I've been waiting ten months for this.
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Data were collected in the two schools over a five-month period from October to February.
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I'll be in Denver next month at their MUFON.
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I plan to travel to Europe next month for my vacation.
Synonyms
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A period from the first to the last day of a named month
A period of about one twelfth of a year that comes from Earth's movement around the Sun
A monthly period of bleeding in women
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
The time the Moon takes to return to its closest point to Earth, about 27.5 days
- Archaic
A month in the French Revolutionary calendar used in France from 1793 to 1805
- Specialized
It takes about 27 days for the Moon to return to the same place among the stars
- Specialized
A period of about one twelfth of a year that comes from Earth's movement around the Sun
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Month comes from the same old root as moon, meaning 'the moon', because people used the moon to measure time. At first it meant the time from one full moon to the next, so a month is about four weeks long.