A month is one of the twelve periods of time that a year is divided into, for example January or February.
The trial is due to begin next month.
...an exhibition which opens this month at London's Design Museum.
I send him fifteen dollars a month.
2. countable noun
A month is a period of about four weeks.
She was here for a month.
Over the next several months I met most of her family.
...a month's unlimited train travel.
Synonyms: four weeks, thirty days, moon More Synonyms of month
month in British English
(mʌnθ)
noun
1.
one of the twelve divisions (calendar months) of the calendar year
2.
a period of time extending from one date to a corresponding date in the next calendar month
3.
a period of four weeks or of 30 days
4.
the period of time (tropical month) taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
5.
the period of time (sidereal month) taken by the moon to make one complete revolution around the earth, measured between two successive conjunctions with a distant star; 27.321 66 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11 seconds)
6. Also called: lunation
the period of time (lunar or synodic month) taken by the moon to make one complete revolution around the earth, measured betweentwo successive new moons; 29.530 59 days (approximately 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, 3 seconds)
7. a month of Sundays
▶ Related adjective: mensal
Word origin
Old English mōnath; related to Old High German mānōd, Old Norse mānathr; compare Gothic mena moon
month in American English
(mʌnθ)
noun
1.
any of the main parts (usually twelve) into which the calendar year is divided
: also calendar month
2.
a.
the time from any date of one month to the corresponding date of the next
b.
a period of four weeks or 30 days
3.
the period of a complete revolution of the moon around the earth with respect to some object
; esp.,
a.
the period (synodic month) marked by two successive lunar conjunctions with the sun, equal on the average to 29.53 days
also called lunar month
b.
the sidereal month
4.
one twelfth of the solar year
: in full solar month
Idioms:
month after month
month by month
month in, month out
month of Sundays
Word origin
ME < OE monath, akin to Ger monat, ON manuthr < Gmc *menōth- < IE *mēnōt, month, moon, var. of mēn: see moon
More idioms containing
month
flavour of the month
a month of Sundays
COBUILD Collocations
month
final month
Examples of 'month' in a sentence
month
Construction is due to begin this month.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She arrived in the family five months ago with a different attitude.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They were bailed ahead of a trial next month.
The Sun (2016)
It has taken four or five months of me being back.
The Sun (2016)
The lag time can be months.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is no way that that can be completed within 24 months.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The American business has only three more months to complete the takeover.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Often people will buy one this month and take it home, but then find that next year there are no berries.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
APRIL THIS is arguably the most diverse month in our calendar.
The Sun (2016)
His danger driving trial is expected to begin this month.
The Sun (2007)
This is the second big asset sale it has completed this month.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What would you do if you knew your church only had one month to live?
Christianity Today (2000)
Tonight we see how the patients are coping four months after leaving.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
These nights have been on the calendar for months.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
From next month secrecy will no longer be the default mode.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This was their fifth trip in fifteen months.
Bruce Feiler WALKING THE BIBLE (2001)
Filming begins next month and it is expected to be broadcast this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The transfer took three months to complete.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His final report is due within two months.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We feel we can add something else to the cup we won one month ago.
The Sun (2007)
The position had been left empty for four months until he became available.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They faced a period of some months when the share price would remain fairly static.
Thompson, Sir Peter Sharing the Success - the story of NFC (1990)
Names will be chosen in three months time from suggestions put into a box at the zoo.
The Sun (2007)
The seller will then get an automatic refund on any full calendar months left on the vehicle tax.
The Sun (2014)
His son manages to earn $300 a month for a family of six people.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They were the most terrifying months our family could live with, but the doctors pulled off a miracle.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Word lists with
month
General vocabulary
In other languages
month
British English: month /mʌnθ/ NOUN
A month is one of the twelve periods of time that a year is divided into, for example January or February.
The trial will begin next month.
American English: month
Arabic: شَهْرٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: mês
Chinese: 月
Croatian: mjesec
Czech: měsíc kalendářní
Danish: måned
Dutch: maand
European Spanish: mes
Finnish: kuukausi
French: mois
German: Monat
Greek: μήνας
Italian: mese
Japanese: 月 暦
Korean: 달
Norwegian: måned
Polish: miesiąc
European Portuguese: mês
Romanian: lună
Russian: месяц
Latin American Spanish: mes
Swedish: månad
Thai: เดือน
Turkish: ay zaman
Ukrainian: місяць
Vietnamese: tháng
Chinese translation of 'month'
month
(mʌnθ)
n(c)
(= calendar month) 月 (yuè) (个(個), gè)
(= four-week period) 一个(個)月的时(時)间(間) (yī gè yuè de shíjiān)
every month每个(個)月 (měigè yuè)
300 dollars a month一个(個)月300美元 (yī gè yuè sānbái měiyuán)
All related terms of 'month'
every month
每个(個)月 měigè yuè
300 dollars a month
一个(個)月300美元 yī gè yuè sānbái měiyuán
a full week/month
整整一个(個)星期/月 zhěngzhěng yī gè xīngqī/yuè ⇒ For a full week we did not eat. → 整整一个星期，我们没吃东西。 Zhěngzhěng yī gè xīngqī, wǒmen méi chī dōngxi.