July

American  

[joo-lahy, juh-lahy] / dʒuˈlaɪ, dʒəˈlaɪ /

noun

• Julies,
  plural
• Julys
  plural

1. the seventh month of the year, containing 31 days. Jul.

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July British  

/ dʒuːˈlaɪ, dʒʊ-, dʒə- /

noun

1. the seventh month of the year, consisting of 31 days

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Usage

What does July mean? July is the seventh month of the calendar year, lasting 31 days and falling between June and August. It’s one of the 12 months of the Gregorian calendar. In the Northern Hemisphere, July is a summer month. The days during the period from July 3 to August 11 are traditionally known as the dog days of summer. In the Southern Hemisphere, July is a winter month. What happens in July?In Canada, July 1 is the patriotic national holiday known as Canada Day. In the U. S., July 4 is Independence Day, popularly known as the Fourth of July. July 14 is the national day of France, known in English as Bastille Day. In the U. S., July is observed as BIPOC Mental Health Month. In astrology, the sign Cancer applies to those born between June 22 and July 22. The sign Leo applies to those born between July 23 and August 23. Example: As soon as July begins, I can already feel the dog days of summer setting in.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Julies
  plural
• Julys
  plural

Etymology

Origin of July

before 1050; Middle English julie < Anglo-French < Latin Jūlius ( Caesar ), after whom it was named; replacing Old English Julius < Latin; Middle English ju ( i ) l < Old French < Latin

Example Sentences

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July Julies Julys

The deployment marks the vessels first official sailing as Nato's command ship for the Allied Response Force - a designation it received in July this year.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Craig Tiley, who took over the organization in July after two decades helping transform the Australian Open into an entertainment festival, said in a pre-tournament news conference he wants the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

In July, a fragile truce between the Houthis and Yemen's government fell apart after the rebels welcomed an Iranian plane to the capital Sanaa, setting off a spate of attacks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

A bill co-authored by Zhelezniak is awaiting its second reading in Parliament after winning a first vote in July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Charlie Crisafulli was an ecology student at the University of Utah when he first saw the blast zone in July 1980.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Jaime Jacquez Jr. scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half, Julies Bernard had 16 points, and Cody Riley scored 13.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022

This is also known as the "humour as survival mechanism" trope and reached its nadir with the Two Julies in Bad Girls.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2013

This scene happens all over the water-guarded world, and sometimes, the Julies aren’t there and the stories end much worse.

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2013

In the city he married her, took her from Julies Freres.

From Time Magazine Archive

I frame a shot of a woman in niqab, a face covering, decorating Julies freckled arm with intricate designs of henna.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

San Juan, for example, experienced one of its warmest Julys on record.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

According to Pies’s analysis, momentum stocks have sold off during the past five Julys.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 5, 2026

In a marker of just how much global temperatures have risen in recent decades, Hausfather observes, “this September will be hotter than most Julys before the last decade or two.”

From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2023

Last month marked one of Seattle’s hottest Julys on record, piling on to a trend of increasingly warm summer months, not just throughout the Pacific Northwest but across the world.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

Think of our Fourth of Julys and our State Fairs.

From A Foregone Conclusion by William Dean Howells