October

noun

Oc·​to·​ber äk-ˈtō-bər 

: the 10th month of the Gregorian calendar

Examples of October in a Sentence

She started her job in early October.

He started early in October.

This will be our last October in New England.

Sales are up for this October.

The event happens every October.

Recent Examples on the Web

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on October 4, 2022. —CBS News, 27 Apr. 2024

The game opened in October 2022 with four $2 million jackpots and eight $100,000 prizes, according to the lottery. —Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2024

Try not to absorb their heaviness. Read the full Virgo Daily Horoscope Libra (September 23 - October 22) So much to do, but nothing’s getting done. —USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024

Increasingly exasperated with his untenable predicament, Boehner simply resigned in October of that year. —Ron Elving, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024

In October 2022, An’s estranged wife was reportedly brutally beaten, stabbed and bound her with duct tape before An buried her alive in a wooded area, The Olympian reported, citing unspecified court documents. —Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2024

The Full House actor was sentenced to two months in prison in October 2020; she was released in December 2020 just ahead of completing the full sentence. —Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024

This display error occurred over four and a half months from October 24, 2023 to March 14th, 2024, when it was corrected by DV. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Apr. 2024

And last October, music publishers Universal, Concord, and ABKCO filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, setting a precedent for how the industry infrastructure will deal with AI services. —Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English Octobre, from Old English & Anglo-French; Old English October, from Latin, 8th month of the early Roman calendar, from octo; Anglo-French, from Latin October

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing October

• October surprise

Kids Definition

October

noun

Oc·​to·​ber äk-ˈtō-bər 

: the tenth month of the year

Etymology

Middle English October, Octobre "the tenth month," from Old English October and early French octobre (both, same meaning), both from Latin October "the eighth month," from octo "eight"

Word Origin

According to its origin, the name October, which we know as the tenth month of the year, really means "eighth month." In the first calendar used in ancient Rome, the year had only ten months, starting in March and ending in December. The extra period between December and March was not considered part of the series of months. Later, when two extra months were added to the calendar, October became the tenth month but kept its old name. The Latin name came into Old English as october and into early French as octobre. It was spelled both ways in Middle English. But in time the influence of Latin fixed the spelling as october.