month
[ muhnth ]
/ mʌnθ /
noun
Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
the time from any day of one calendar month to the corresponding day of the next.
a period of four weeks or 30 days.
Also called so·lar month. one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year.
Also called lu·nar month . the period of a complete revolution of the moon around the earth, as the period between successive new moons (synodic month ), equal to 29.531 days, or the period between successive conjunctions with a star (sidereal month ), equal to 27.322 days, or the period between successive perigees (anomalistic month ), equal to 27.555 days, or the period between successive similar nodes (nodical month, or draconic month ), equal to 27.212 days.
an unusually long period of time of indefinite length: I haven't seen him for months.
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Idioms for month
a month of Sundays. Sunday1 (def. 4).
Origin of month
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English mōnath; cognate with Old High German mānōd, Old Norse mānathr. See moon
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month
/ (mʌnθ) /
noun
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Related adjective: mensalWord Origin for month
Old English mōnath; related to Old High German mānōd, Old Norse mānathr; compare Gothic mena moon
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