Month
11Month — For the Egyptian hawk god, see Monthu. A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept… …
12month */*/*/ — UK [mʌnθ] / US noun [countable] Word forms month : singular month plural months 1) one of the 12 periods that a year is divided into, such as January, February etc the month of March Could we meet earlier in the month? during the winter months… …
13month — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ last, past ▪ The past few months have been hectic. ▪ preceding, previous, recent ▪ current …
14month — n. 1) last; next; this month 2) by the month (she is paid by the month) 3) for a month (he ll be here for a month) 4) in a month (they will arrive in a month) 5) in, to (colloq.) a month (there are four weeks in a month) * * * [mʌnθ] next this… …
15month — /mVnT/ noun (C) 1 one of the twelve named periods of time that a year is divided into: It snowed heavily during the month of January. | Phil is coming home for a visit next month. | She ll be thirteen this month. | a tremendous article in this… …
16month — /munth/, n. 1. Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided. 2. the time from any day of one calendar month to the corresponding day of the next. 3. a period of four weeks or …
17month — n four weeks, thirty days, lunation, lunar month, solar month, calendar month, synodic month, sidereal month, anomalistic month, nodical month, draconic month …
18month*/*/*/ — [mʌnθ] noun 1) [C] one of the 12 periods that a year is divided into, for example January or February Could we meet earlier in the month?[/ex] They aim to finish by the end of the month.[/ex] A man was arrested last month in connection with the… …
19month — [[t]mʌ̱nθ[/t]] ♦ months 1) N COUNT A month is one of the twelve periods of time that a year is divided into, for example January or February. The trial is due to begin next month. ...an exhibition which opens this month at London s Design Museum …
20month — /mʌnθ / (say munth) noun 1. approximately one twelfth of a tropical or solar year (solar month). 2. any of the twelve parts (January, February, etc.) into which the calendar year is divided (calendar month). 3. the time from any day of one… …
