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month

4 entries found.


Main Entry:
month 
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Pronunciation:
\ˈmən(t)th\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural months 
          Listen to the pronunciation of months \ˈmən(t)s, ˈmən(t)ths\
Etymology:
Middle English, from Old English mōnath; akin to Old High German mānōd month, Old English mōna moon
Date:
before 12th century
1: a measure of time corresponding nearly to the period of the moon's revolution and amounting to approximately 4 weeks or 30 days or 112 of a year2plural : an indefinite usually extended period of time <he has been gone for months>3: one ninth of the typical duration of human pregnancy <she was in her eighth month>


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