month

\ ˈmən(t)th

plural months\ ˈmən(t)s

, ˈmən(t)ths \

Definition of month

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.

Recent Examples on the Web Before the pandemic, the research team in London would see about one ADEM patient per month. — Jessie Yeung, CNN, "Coronavirus pandemic could cause wave of brain damage, scientists warn," 8 July 2020 Even a month of baseball would bring a little joy to this weary world. — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, "Taxpayers helped build MLB stadiums. Time for owners to return the favor and give us games in them," 17 June 2020 Personalized birthday boxes and a popcorn-of-the-month club are other projects in the works. — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, "After 22 years at live events, Cactus Corn turns to online store for survival during pandemic," 16 June 2020 To test every Pennsylvanian once a month would require over 3m tests a week. — The Economist, "Lexington How Pennsylvania’s governor is battling the pandemic," 11 June 2020 The free outdoor market is typically held once a month during the summer, taking over a stretch of Wisconsin Avenue downtown. — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 NEWaukee Night Market season has been canceled in downtown Milwaukee," 8 June 2020 West Texas Intermediate just came off its best month on record. — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, "Global markets view America’s violent protests and declare: nothing to see here," 1 June 2020 The rulings were among several decisions issued Monday as the justices began clearing their caseload during the final—and busiest—month of their current term. — Brent Kendall And Jess Bravin, WSJ, "Supreme Court Rules on Pension, Immigrant Deportation Cases," 1 June 2020 Still, the company is burning through around $650 million per month on operations and capital commitments. — oregonlive, "Carnival to shed 13 ships but here’s when it plans to cruise again, pandemic or not," 11 July 2020

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