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month
[muhnth]
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 solar month.one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year.
Also called lunar 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.
month
/ ʌθ /
noun
one of the twelve divisions ( calendar months ) of the calendar year
a period of time extending from one date to a corresponding date in the next calendar month
a period of four weeks or of 30 days
the period of time ( tropical month ) taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
the period of time ( sidereal month ) taken by the moon to make one complete revolution around the earth, measured between two successive conjunctions with a distant star; 27.321 66 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11 seconds)
Also called: lunation.the period of time ( lunar or synodic month ) taken by the moon to make one complete revolution around the earth, measured between two successive new moons; 29.530 59 days (approximately 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, 3 seconds)
informala long unspecified period
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of month1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
It was PSG’s first game since routing Inter Milan in last month’s Champions League final.
Nearly six months after a wildfire devastated the Pacific Palisades, the final evacuation orders have been fully lifted, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
In a corner of Kentucky just outside of Louisville, family-owned shoe company Keen is opening a new factory this month.
The US government publishes statistics on business investment only every three months.
US singer Chris Brown has kicked off his UK tour in Manchester, days before he is due back in court after being arrested in the city last month.
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