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.
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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He could think up more delightful things to do than we could in a "month of Sundays."
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There is a great profusion of fruit, the apples yielding a kind of cider which, however, does not keep longer than a month.
By not beginning your absence till about the middle of this month I think you may manage it very well.
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I've known him come three evenings in a week and not again for a month of Sundays.
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British Dictionary definitions for month
month
/ (mʌnθ) /
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: lunationthe 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 Sundaysinformala long unspecified period
Other words from month
Related adjective: mensal
Word Origin for month
Old English mōnath; related to Old High German mānōd, Old Norse mānathr; compare Gothic mena moon
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