month

noun

\ 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

Outfits are prepped months in advance, dresses are custom designed, and grand entrances are planned. — Glamour, "Every Drugstore Steal Celebrities Wore to the 2019 Met Gala," 7 May 2019 If your tree or planting site requires staking, stakes should be removed after 2-3 months, and no later than after the first growing season. — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, "How and When To Plant a Tree," 25 Apr. 2019 Now, months later, in a lengthy phone interview, Iles refused to explain this discrepancy to Ars. — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, "Civil unrest: How a blockchain-based journalism startup bumbled its launch," 23 Dec. 2018 Beginning in December, Disney After Hours will be available on several dates each month in the Animal Kingdom. — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Condé Nast Traveler, "How to Get on Any Disney World Ride in 30 Minutes or Less," 8 Nov. 2018 Less than a month after turning 18, Victoria was Queen. — Chanel Vargas, Town & Country, "15 Fascinating Facts You Didn't Know About Queen Victoria," 8 Jan. 2019 Meghan's last episode of Suits aired last April, less than a month before her royal wedding to Prince Harry. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Actually, There Are "No Plans" for Meghan Markle to Return to Suits," 7 Jan. 2019 Historian Dana Frank, an expert on human rights and U.S. policy in Honduras, said the caravan could have political implications in the United States less than a month before the midterm elections. — Fox News, "Honduran migrant caravan crosses Guatemala border, US-bound," 15 Oct. 2018 Less than a month after breaking up, Bella and The Weeknd reconnected on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway of all places. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "A Complete Timeline of Bella Hadid and The Weeknd's Relationship," 12 Oct. 2018

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