plural months
ˈmən(t)s 
ˈmən(t)ths
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 1/12 of a year
2
months plural
: 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.
Examples of month in a Sentence
July is my favorite month.
It was hard to keep warm in the cabin during the winter months.
the merry month of May
I saw her last month and I'll see her again next month.
The price sometimes changes dramatically from one month to the next.
He was gone for a month.
She was back to work a month after the accident.
He's been gone for months.
I haven't talked to her in months.
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Among those is Penn State, which is seemingly the only premier school with a head-coach opening that hasn’t been linked to Kiffin over the last month.
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
For the second time this month, a freighter has run aground in the Detroit River.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
Once in orbit around Apophis, the spacecraft will spend roughly 18 months mapping the asteroid, studying its composition and capturing high-resolution imagery.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025
But like parts of memorandums past, these elements may morph into something more practical, or disappear entirely, in the months after any deal is signed.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
For the second time this month, a freighter has run aground in the Detroit River.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
Once in orbit around Apophis, the spacecraft will spend roughly 18 months mapping the asteroid, studying its composition and capturing high-resolution imagery.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025
But like parts of memorandums past, these elements may morph into something more practical, or disappear entirely, in the months after any deal is signed.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for month
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“Month.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/month. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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