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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 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.
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 calledlunation 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)
- a month of Sundays informal.a long unspecified period
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of month1
Idioms and Phrases
- a month of Sundays. Sunday 1( def 4 ).
More idioms and phrases containing month
In addition to the idiom beginning with month , also see by the day (month) ; (for months) on end .Example Sentences
While actions by the Trump administration to cancel student visas and arrest students last month targeted pro-Palestinian activists, the reasons for these changes were unclear.
In college, I once overheard a friend order a sandwich in the dining hall that would soon become my go-to for months: chicken cutlets, Muenster, pesto and mayonnaise on a hard roll.
An initial wave of tariffs on cars came into effect from 3 April, with import taxes on auto parts due to follow next month.
We are barely into the third month of Trump’s gangster regime.
Social Security is mailing notices to people who will be affected, and most will see the benefit increases starting this month.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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