December
noun /dɪˈsembə(r)/
/dɪˈsembər/
[uncountable, countable] (abbreviation Dec.)
- the 12th and last month of the year
- She was born in December.
- (British English) The meeting is on the fifth of December/December the fifth.
- (North American English) The meeting is on December fifth.
- We went to Japan last December.
- I arrived at the end of December.
- last December's celebrations
- It was a cold December morning.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin, from decem ‘ten’ (being originally the tenth month of the Roman year).