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month
\ˈmən(t)th\ noun
(plural months \ˈmən(t)s, -n(t)ths\)
Etymology: Middle English moneth, month, from Old English mōnath; akin to Old High German mānōd month, Old Norse mānathr, Gothic menoths month, mena moon — more at moon
1. : a measure of time corresponding or nearly corresponding to the period of the moon's revolution: as
a. : a period of approximately four weeks, 30 days, or 1/12 of a year based primarily on the period of the moon's revolution and cycle of phase changes — see anomalistic month, nodical month, sidereal month, synodic month, tropical month
b. : one of the twelve portions into which the year is divided in the Gregorian calendar; also : a similar portion of a year in any calendar
c. : a period of time about the length of a lunar month but not necessarily coinciding with a calendar month
d. months plural : an indefinite usually extended period of time
< been asking you to come forward for months — Graham Greene >
2.
a. archaic : a lunar month in common law
b. : a period of time presumed by statute in the United States and Great Britain to mean a calendar month
3. : one ninth of the typical duration of human pregnancy
< she was in her eighth month >
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- month of sundays
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