Definitions for Month
mʌnθmonth

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. calendar month, monthnoun

   one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

   "he paid the bill last month"

2. monthnoun

   a time unit of approximately 30 days

   "he was given a month to pay the bill"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. monthnoun

   A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. In the Gregorian calendar there are twelve months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.

   July is my favourite month.

2. monthnoun

   A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.

   We went on holiday for two months.

3. monthnoun

   A woman's period; menstrual discharge.

4. Etymology: From month, moneth, from monaþ, from mēnōþs, from me(n)ses, probably from mê-, referring to the moon's phases as the measure of time, equivalent to. Cognate with moneth, muunt, maand, maand, Monat, måned, månad, mánuði, Ancient Greek μήν, Armenian ամիս, Old Irish mí, Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць. See also moon.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MONTHnoun

   A space of time either measured by the sun or moon: the lunar month is the time between the change and change, or the time in which the moon comes to the same point: the solar month is the time in which the sun passes through a sign of the zodiack: the calendar months, by which we reckon time, are unequally of thirty or one-and-thirty days, except February, which is of twenty-eight, and in leap year of twenty-nine.

   Etymology: monað , Saxon.

   Till the expiration of your month,
   Sojourn with my sister. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   From a month old even unto five years old. Lev. xxvii. 6.

   Months are not only lunary, and measured by the moon, but also solary, and determined by the motion of the sun, in thirty degrees of the ecliptick. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv.

   As many months as I sustain’d her hate,
   So many years is she condemn’d by fate
   To daily death. John Dryden, Theo. and Honoria.

WikipediaRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Month

   A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which is approximately as long as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of Moon phases; such months (lunations) are synodic months and last approximately 29.53 days. From excavated tally sticks, researchers have deduced that people counted days in relation to the Moon's phases as early as the Paleolithic age. Synodic months, based on the Moon's orbital period with respect to the Earth-Sun line, are still the basis of many calendars today, and are used to divide the year.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. month

   A month is a unit of time, typically approximately 30 days, used as one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year, such as January or February. It can also refer to a specific period from a particular date in one month to the same date in the next month.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 10 votes

1. Monthnoun

   one of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month

2. Etymology: [OE. month, moneth, AS. mn, mna; akin to mna moon, and to D. maand month, G. monat, OHG. mnd, Icel. mnur, mnar, Goth. mns. 272. See Moon.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Month

   A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of moon phases; such months are synodic months and last approximately 29.53 days. From excavated tally sticks, researchers have deduced that people counted days in relation to the Moon's phases as early as the Paleolithic age. Synodic months, based on the Moon's orbital period, are still the basis of many calendars today, and are used to divide the year.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Month

   munth, n. the period from new moon to new moon—a lunation, lunar, or synodic month (=29.5306 days): one of the twelve divisions of the year—a calendar month: one-twelfth part of a tropical year, the time the sun takes to pass through 30°—a solar month=30.4368 days.—n. Month′ling, that which is a month old or which lasts a month.—adj. Month′ly, performed in a month: happening or published once a month.—n. a monthly publication: (pl.) the menses.—adv. once a month: in every month.—Month of Sundays, a period that seems very long; Month's mind (see Mind).—Sidereal, or Stellar, month, the time in which the moon passes round the ecliptic to the same star=27.3217 days; Tropical, or Periodic, month, from the moon's passing the equinox till she again reaches it=27.3216 days. [A.S. mónð—móna, the moon.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. month

   A unit of known time on planet earth.

   Each month has a different name and perceived weather and climate.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020  

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1. • Time Unit

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Month' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #673

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Month' in Written Corpus Frequency: #585

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Month' in Nouns Frequency: #39

How to pronounce Month?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Month in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Month in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Month in a Sentence

1. Kim Thomas:

   We don't have enough money at the end of the month to buy essential things, like deodorant, we go to the food bank four times a month. Without Medicaid, it would be really hard on [our family], trying to come up with the money to go the doctor.

2. Mounir Nakhla:

   Halan completes a few million rides per month, almost half a million of which are in food deliveries.

3. Bryan Stevenson:

   Every day, every month, every year that the state took from him, they took something that they don't have the power to give back. While this moment is quite joyous and is quite wonderful, this case is quite tragic.

4. William Jackson:

   The Chinese export data was a bit weaker so it doesn't suggest the economy has taken off immediately ... So perhaps the tailwinds that brought EM equities and currencies up over the past month or two are not providing a further push-up.

5. Peter Sokolowski:

   The word culture's got a cultural story. We have noticed for years that culture has a cyclical spike every year at around Labor Day. That is to say back to school time during the month of September, so we've been watching this word spike at that time for years, in recent years we've seen similar spikes at the end of semesters during finals.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Month
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Month
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Month
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Month
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Month
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Month
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Month