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august adjective /ɔːˈɡʌst/ /ɔːˈɡʌst/ [usually before noun] (formal) jump to other results - impressive, making you feel respect
- an august group of statesmen
- He had dared to challenge the views of an august body of imperial historians.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAugust is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French auguste or Latin augustus ‘consecrated, venerable’.
August noun /ˈɔːɡəst/ /ˈɔːɡəst/ [uncountable, countable] (abbreviation Aug.) jump to other results - the 8th month of the year, between July and September
- She was born in August.
- (British English) The meeting is on the fifth of August/August the fifth.
- (North American English) The meeting is on August fifth.
- We went to Japan last August.
- I arrived at the end of August.
- last August's election
- It was a hot August afternoon.
Topics Timea1Word OriginOld English, from Latin augustus ‘consecrated, venerable’; named after Augustus, the first Roman emperor (63 BC-AD14).
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