OctoberOc‧to‧ber /ɒkˈtəʊbə $ ɑːkˈtoʊbər/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] (written abbreviation Oct.) 
We moved in last October.in October You’re going to be busy in October.on October 6th We begin on October 6th.on 6th October British English They were arrested on 6th October.October 6 American English The baby was baptized Monday, October 6.
WORD ORIGINOctober
Origin:
1000-1100 Old French Octobre, from Latin October, from octo ‘eight’; because it was the eighth month of the ancient Roman yearEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But when Annie stepped off the train at the Falls on October 13, she did not look like an experienced adventurer.
- By last October it was 145.7m.
- Figures were not available for October or for the Camarillo years.
- Four months after the show opened in October 1995, she missed 10 performances because of a sore throat and cough.
- Hard disk: My recommendations from October still stand in this department.
- His dealership sold 100 machines in October.
- On October 7, 109,000 people came to Paxton's palace.
- The country's judiciary has become bolder following the arrest of Gen Pinochet in London in October 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 We moved in last October.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
the tenth month of the year, between September and Novembernext/last October We moved in last October.· Schering's shares have fallen more than 26 per cent since hitting a 12-month high in early October.· Mathews produced utility bills he said prove he has lived at the Linden Avenue condominium since early October.· The lowest readings are usually at the end of September or early October.· The park, a short drive south of downtown, is open from late May to early October.· The officials agreed that the initial debate probably will not take place until early October.· It was too cold for early October.· The Senate is expected to pass it as well by early October, and President Clinton has promised to sign it.
· The survey of 11, 000 men seeking shelter in 58 missions in late October showed 32 % were veterans.· It was late October, and Rudi was reviewing a quiz.· The letter to Dan arrives just after noon on a Thursday in late October.· Since late October, bond prices have gained 12 percent.· Sunrise Medical said in a lengthy report on the probe, which began in late October.· In late October, Mediobanca bought 158 million Ferruzzi shares on the stock market.
VERB· The free readings begin Tuesday, October 21, and continue through October 27.· Sunrise Medical said in a lengthy report on the probe, which began in late October.· Manufacturing employment rose by 18, 000, continuing an advance that began in October.· It began in October 1984 and continued for two years.· It was the first fatal accident involving ValuJet since the bargain airline began operations in October 1993.· The trial is scheduled to begin in October in Superior court in Burbank.· Safeway officials began notifying employees whose jobs might be affected since the Phoenix testing program began last October, Lambert said.
· The siege of Pleime in the Ia Drang valley ended on October 27.· In December, the company reported a loss of $ 38. 6 million for the quarter ending in October.
· His investigations, published in October 1968, left him stunned.· A special supplement of Town and Country Planning was published in October 1998 to mark the report.· It slipped to second in 1993 and in the 1994 list, published last October, was ranked fourth.· The findings are published in the October issue of the scientific journal Photochemistry and Photobiology.
· His trial, which started in October 1991, was almost postponed when Spens suffered a major heart attack.· In Atlanta, apartment starts through October rose 30 % from year-earlier levels.· The first trains would be delivered in 2002, and commercial services would start in October 2003.· Our fiscal year starts in October.
We moved in last October.in October You’re going to be busy in October.on October 6th We begin on October 6th.on 6th October British English They were arrested on 6th October.October 6 American English The baby was baptized Monday, October 6.