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monthlong

monthlong

2 2.8
Lasts for one month
  • adjective
  • /ˈmʌnθlɔŋ/
translation icon : durante un mes
  • Over an intense monthlong period featuring five debates, he persevered.
  • monthlong trip
  • monthlong celebration
  • monthlong vacation

Examples

  • CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Student organizers seeking the removal of a Confederate soldier statue at North Carolina's flagship public university have embarked on a monthlong boycott of commercial goods on campus.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In a similar custom, neighboring Muslim countries sometimes adjust their clocks, even in the middle of summer, during Ramadan to make the monthlong fasting period easier to manage.

    Blog text (22)
  • After a monthlong return trip, the Fantastic Four are finally home and receiving a warm welcome.

  • Maybe she needed one of those monthlong marriages people talked about.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • When we returned from a monthlong trip to China in 2010, people were eager to hear what the boys thought.

    Blog text (6)
  • There was the monthlong walk from Paris to the Free Zone in the south, sleeping in haylofts and stealing eggs to stay alive.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Last summer, Colby was accepted into the Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts, a monthlong program held at Middle Tennessee State University.

    Blog text (15)
  • During the monthlong observance of Ramadan, which ends tomorrow evening, Muslims abstain from all food and drink, including water, from sunrise to sunset.

    Blog text (31)
  • As a participant in their monthlong blogger challenges, I have a deeper appreciation for other conditions, and by reading blogs of others with lupus, I know there is a support system among us.

    Blog text (13)
  • During the monthlong festival, visitors can enjoy various cultural events and activities.

How Long

yearlong
9 3.0
monthlong
2 2.8
weeklong
11 2.1
daylong
4 2.1

Surface Forms

monthlong positive

Morphology

monthlong = month + long (transparent) = month + long

Clear compounding of 'month' + 'long' meaning 'lasting for a month', straightforward for learners.

Etymology

The word monthlong is a simple combination of month ('a period of about four weeks') and long ('lasting'). So, monthlong means something that lasts for a whole month, just like yearlong means for a whole year.