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Definition of of the month

: chosen for special honors or attention during a particular month
  • employee of the month
  • the book of the month

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  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. : an indefinite usually extended period of time

  3. : one ninth of the typical duration of human pregnancy

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