What does December mean?
Definitions for December
dɪˈsɛm bərDe·cem·ber
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Princeton's WordNet
December, Dec(noun)
the last (12th) month of the year
Wiktionary
December(ProperNoun)
The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year. Abbreviation: Dec or Dec.
Etymology: From decembre, from decembre, from december, from Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *dekm, ten; December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar.
Webster Dictionary
December(noun)
the twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice
Etymology: [F. dcembre, from L. December, fr. decem ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, who began the year in March. See Ten.]
December(noun)
fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life
Etymology: [F. dcembre, from L. December, fr. decem ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, who began the year in March. See Ten.]
Freebase
December
December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars. It is one of seven months with the length of 31 days. December in the first month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, December is the seasonal equivalent to June in the Northern hemisphere, which is the first month of summer. December is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. December starts on the same day of the week as September every year and ends on the same day of the week as April every year.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
December
de-sem′bėr, n. the tenth month among the Romans, who began their year with March: with us, the twelfth month of the year.—adj. Decem′berly, wintry, cold.—n. Decem′brist, one of those who took part in the Russian conspiracy of December 1825. [L. decem, ten.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
December
the twelfth month of the year, so called, i. e. tenth, by the Romans, as their year began with March.
Editors Contribution
december
A month of a specific calendar year.
December is the twelfth month of the calendar year.
Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020
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Etymology and Origins
December
The tenth month of the Roman Calendar when the year was reckoned from March.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'December' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1056
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Rank popularity for the word 'December' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1833
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of December in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of December in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of December in a Sentence
You'd have thought they'd have made up their mind before now, when I spoke to the president (of Renault), he said they would make an announcement in December.
GAO wrote an opinion back in December of last year... where, as I understand your opinion, it would be illegal for the executive branch to hold money for the very last minute.
The stock market is having a hard time (after the December rate hike). This is not a time to be a hero, i think we're going to take out the September low of the S&P 500.
We are forecasting that if everything goes smoothly, the first unit will go into operation in June 2017, and the second unit at the end of 2017, construction has been delayed three years. At first we planned on December 2013 but there was just no way, with key pieces of equipment not available.
The chairman asked me back in September to inquire as to whether Secretary Clinton would testify, she immediately said she would and that she wanted to come in December, but if December did not work, she would come in January. She said I'll do it, period. The fact is she was very clear. She did not hesitate for one second.
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- ديسمبرArabic
- prosinecCzech
- decemberDanish
- DezemberGerman
- ΔεκέμβριοςGreek
- diciembreSpanish
- دسامبرPersian
- joulukuuFinnish
- décembreFrench
- nollaigIrish
- दिसंबरHindi
- decemberHungarian
- դեկտեմբերArmenian
- DesemberIndonesian
- dicembreItalian
- דצמברHebrew
- 12月Japanese
- ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್Kannada
- 12 월Korean
- decemberLatin
- decemberDutch
- desemberNorwegian
- grudzieńPolish
- dezembroPortuguese
- decembrieRomanian
- ДекабрьRussian
- decemberSwedish
- டிசம்பர்Tamil
- డిసెంబర్Telugu
- ธันวาคมThai
- AralıkTurkish
- ГруденьUkrainian
- دسمبرUrdu
- tháng mười haiVietnamese
- דעצעמבערYiddish
- 十二月Chinese
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