Definitions for February
ˈfɛb ruˌɛr i, ˈfɛb yu-; ˈfɛb ruˌɛr i; ˈfɛb yuˌɛr iFe·bru·ary

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. February, Feb(noun)

   the month following January and preceding March

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. February(ProperNoun)

   The second month of the Gregorian calendar, following January and preceding March.

   Etymology: Re-Latinized from feoverel, from feverier, from februarius, of the month of purification, from februa, the Roman festival of purification, plural of februum; perhaps from febris, from Proto-Indo-European base *dhegh-, to burn.

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1. February

   February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. It is the first of five months to have fewer than 31 days (the other four being April, June, September, and November) and the only one to have fewer than 30 days. The other seven months have 31 days. February starts on the same day of the week as March and November in common years and August in leap years. It ends on the same day of the week as October in all years and January in common years only. In leap years preceding common years or common years preceding leap years, it begins on the same day of the week as May of the following year In common years preceding leap years, February ends on the same day of the week as April of the following year. In leap years preceding common years, it ends on the same day of the week as July of the following year. In common years preceding common years, it begins on the same day of the week as August of the following year and ends on the same day of the week as July of the following year. It also begins on the same day of the week as June of the previous year and ends on the same day of the week as August at nd November of the previous year. In 2020, February had 29 days. February is the third and last month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, February is the third and last month of summer (being the seasonal equivalent of what is August in the Northern Hemisphere).

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. February(noun)

   the second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days

   Etymology: [L. Februarius, orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. februa, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.]

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. February

   February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years. February is the third month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, February is the seasonal equivalent of August in the Northern Hemisphere, in meteorological reckoning. February starts on the same day of the week as March and November in common years, and on the same day of the week as August in leap years. February ends on the same day of the week as October every year and on the same day of the week as January in common years only. In leap years, it is the only month that ends on the same weekday it begins.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. February

   feb′rōō-ar-i, n. the second month of the year. [L. Februarius (mensis), the month of expiation, februa, the feast of expiation.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. February

   the second month of the year, was added along with January by Numa to the end of the original Roman year of 10 months; derived its name from a festival offered annually on the 15th day to Februus, an ancient Italian god of the nether world; was assigned its present position in the calendar by Julius Cæsar, who also introduced the intercalary day for leap-year.

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1. february

   A month of a specific calendar year.

   February is the second month of the year.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020  

Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. February

   From the Latin februare, to purify, this being the month appointed by the Romans for the festival of the Februalia of purification and expiation.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'February' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1211

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'February' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1598

How to pronounce February?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of February in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of February in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of February in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   If we don't get a fair deal from Congress, the government will either shut down on February 15 again, or I will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the Constitution of the United States to address this emergency, we will have great security.

2. Akbar Al Baker:

   The ball is in court of Airbus. We will start delivery of the airplane delayed from February imminently, provided the issues we have are resolved.

3. Nina McLemore boutiquesNina McLemore:

   I went to Paris on February 14 for the semi-annual fabric show, and 30 % of the people who are normally there weren't, the airports were empty, the planes weren't full. It was clear to me, this was really serious.

4. Will Weatherford:

   People know that he's built for the long haul and that we're not going to win this thing in October; we're going to win this thing in February and March.

5. Kathy Lien:

   The general effects of the RRR reduction are questionable but China's government would not have taken this move if they were not concerned about the economy, chinese data is notoriously difficult to handicap but this gives us reasons to believe that manufacturing and service sector activity slowed in the month of February.

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