MarchMarch ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] (written abbreviation Mar.) 
She started work here last March.in March The theatre opened in March 2001.on March 6th There’s a meeting on March 6th.on 6th March British English I wrote to my bank on 6th March.March 6 American English The hospital is scheduled to open March 6.
WORD ORIGINMarch
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French, Latin martius, from martius ‘of Mars, god of war’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Bogard was arrested in January 1994 and convicted last March.
- Following a general strike and calls for his resignation, the President was arrested on 26 March by fellow army officers.
- Friday, 20 March more discussion with the experienced program design group.
- Romiti will become chairman of Fiat when Gianni Agnelli resigns in March.
- The cost: $ 995 for two people for two nights, or $ 695 for one night, through March 3.
- This compares to approximately 35 % in March, 1998.
WORD SETS
AD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She started work here last March.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the third month of the year, between February and Aprilnext/last March She started work here last March.· My licence runs out at the end of May.
(=completely crazy)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The inquiry should be completed by early March.· Supporters expect the legislation to be introduced in the Senate in early March.· Two senior investigators into Stasi connections were dismissed in early March after publicly criticizing the government's exoneration of De Maizière.· Barring last-minute troubles, the book will be on sale by early March.· Following widespread protests the government announced the cancellation of the dam project in early March.· And the unit is not scheduled to return to Norfolk until late February or early March.· Already by early March, Verdun had become a ghost town.· Joe set forth the Chennault case once more in a twenty-one-page memorandum sent to Hopkins in early March.
· Greenhouse varieties are sown in early March; those for outdoors in late March or early April.· Then, during late March and April, they made rather half-hearted and dilatory attempts to get agreement on this basis.· During the gas war that began in late March, gas station owners competed fiercely.· Young plants in each of the three colours will arrive in late March, with full planting instructions.· Some through passage perhaps occurs in late autumn and is clearly discernable in late March and April.· Sow herbs indoors now, then transplant outside in late March or early April.
NOUN· Treasury bonds for March delivery dropped 7 / 32 to 120 1 / 8.· Bond futures for March delivery rose 0. 11 from their Friday Tokyo close to 119. 71.· Bond futures for March delivery will probably trade between 119. 50 yen and 119. 90 yen today, Ishibashi said.· Bond futures for March delivery rose 0. 17 from yesterday to 119. 87.· Bond futures for March delivery rose 0. 08 yen to 120. 06.· Bond futures for March delivery fell 0. 14 yen to 119. 46.
VERB· The election results had been announced on 6 March.· The results of those hearings are to be announced in late March or early April.· He is expected to announce a March poll soon, but the elections could be delayed until June.· Before the merger plan was announced in March, Blue Cross was considering giving $ 2. 4 billion to the foundation.
· Building work on the unit, for which a public appeal raised £250,000, is due to begin in mid March.· The invasion of Java, culmination of the southern operations, was to begin on 1 March.· Manufacture began in March 1998, and 1,000 tonnes of stone were moved on site in March last year.· The San Mateo program began in March 1991, and operates 24 hours a day.· These protests were added to a series of crippling miners' strikes which had begun in early March.· During the gas war that began in late March, gas station owners competed fiercely.· But at the same time, the union is opening strike centers and preparing for a walkout that could begin March 26.
· States developments More than 70 people died during March in a fresh wave of violence in parts of Punjab.· After a 13-month stint, the wheezing and frail Chernenko died in March 1985 at age 73.· Three members were up for reelection, and a fourth seat had been open since Councilman Louis Heine died in March.· The first died March 30, and a second was destroyed April 13 after showing symptoms of Ebola.· Before dying in March 1953 Stalin seems to have decided at last to get rid of him.· He died on March 2, 1990.· Some pox formed in his throat and, unable to swallow, he died on March 22, 1758.
· The curfew will end next March, when his debt to society will officially have been paid.· The company a year ago changed its reporting period to a fiscal year that ends March 31 from a calendar year.· And that was after he ended his campaign in March.· Matthews said it will record an undisclosed gain on the sale in the quarter ending March 31.· It had a really bad time in the year ended March 1994.· The company is aiming to break even at the pretax level in the year ending March 31.· They now expect New Zealand consumer prices to rise by 1. 6 percent in the year ending March 31.· Arcade had net profit 16. 9 million guilders in its fiscal year ended March on sales of about 398 million guilders.
· The bookmaker told Kalra he had befriended Cronje and was planning to fix the matches scheduled to be held in March.· Clinton said he expected a summit with Yeltsin to be held in March in Washington, as planned.· Soon after the verdict, Legionnaires held their annual March 16 parade to commemorate their war dead.· The hearing was not held until March 22.· He will hold hearings in March on the channel lineup.
· It will meet again on 3 March to make recommendations which the recreation committee will consider on 15 March.· Mr Muor was part of the coalition that put together the first meeting at Wunlit in March last year.· Many financial analysts said it also is likely that no changes will be made at the next meeting on March 25.· But reforms would have to be confirmed by the Unionists' annual meeting next March.· The award will be announced at the bureau's annual meeting March 27 at ArtLink.· The company said stockholders will be asked to approve the bid at a special meeting in late March.· Their first meeting, in March 1966, was a bust for King.
· The store, at Balloan Park in Inverness, will open on 4 March.· The museum is expected to open in March 2003.· Though the first store just opened in March, Shinner knows he must strike while the market is ripe for expansion.· The 200-foot-tall circular tower is scheduled to open March 1.
· Bond futures for March delivery rose 0. 11 from their Friday Tokyo close to 119. 71.· Bond futures for March delivery rose 0. 17 from yesterday to 119. 87.· Bond futures for March delivery rose 0. 08 yen to 120. 06.· In London on Friday, bond futures for March delivery rose 0. 09 from their Tokyo close to 119. 69.
· The trip is scheduled for March 12 to 21 and will be led by artist-teacher and Oaxacan specialist Raoul de la Sota.· The play opens Monday and is scheduled to close March 20.· Some of the constituents will change at the next review scheduled for March 6 2001.· Wilson has urged legislators to put off a scheduled March ban of the pesticide methyl bromide.· John Hutt's termination was scheduled for 6 March.· A preliminary hearing on the charges is scheduled for March 20.· Hauser is scheduled to be arraigned March 15.· Parliamentary elections are scheduled for March 3 -- more than a year before the Socialists' term officially ends.
· The ship has been at Rosyth for some weeks and work should have started on 1 March.· It started March 22 at a tournament in Phoenix.· Full installation starts in March and will be completed by July.· Major-league baseball will make available about 1, 000 regular season out-of-market games on DirecTV starting March 31.· The first round of privatization was due to start in late March.· Bell started Job Corps last March, standing 6 foot 6 and wearing a scowl.· Planting should have started on March 1.· Refiners must start full production by March 1, and none have asked for a waiver.
She started work here last March.in March The theatre opened in March 2001.on March 6th There’s a meeting on March 6th.on 6th March British English I wrote to my bank on 6th March.March 6 American English The hospital is scheduled to open March 6.