What does MONTH mean?

Definitions for MONTH
mʌnθmonth

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. calendar month, monthnoun

    one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

    "he paid the bill last month"

  2. monthnoun

    a time unit of approximately 30 days

    "he was given a month to pay the bill"

Wiktionary

  1. monthnoun

    A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. In the Gregorian calendar there are twelve months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.

    July is my favourite month.

  2. monthnoun

    A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.

    We went on holiday for two months.

  3. monthnoun

    A woman's period; menstrual discharge.

  4. Etymology: From month, moneth, from monaþ, from mēnōþs, from me(n)ses, probably from mê-, referring to the moon's phases as the measure of time, equivalent to. Cognate with moneth, muunt, maand, maand, Monat, måned, månad, mánuði, Ancient Greek μήν, Armenian ամիս, Old Irish mí, Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць. See also moon.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. MONTHnoun

    A space of time either measured by the sun or moon: the lunar month is the time between the change and change, or the time in which the moon comes to the same point: the solar month is the time in which the sun passes through a sign of the zodiack: the calendar months, by which we reckon time, are unequally of thirty or one-and-thirty days, except February, which is of twenty-eight, and in leap year of twenty-nine.

    Etymology: monað , Saxon.

    Till the expiration of your month,
    Sojourn with my sister. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    From a month old even unto five years old. Lev. xxvii. 6.

    Months are not only lunary, and measured by the moon, but also solary, and determined by the motion of the sun, in thirty degrees of the ecliptick. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv.

    As many months as I sustain’d her hate,
    So many years is she condemn’d by fate
    To daily death. John Dryden, Theo. and Honoria.

Wikipedia

  1. Month

    A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which is approximately as long as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of Moon phases; such months (lunations) are synodic months and last approximately 29.53 days. From excavated tally sticks, researchers have deduced that people counted days in relation to the Moon's phases as early as the Paleolithic age. Synodic months, based on the Moon's orbital period with respect to the Earth-Sun line, are still the basis of many calendars today, and are used to divide the year.

ChatGPT

  1. month

    A month is a unit of time, typically approximately 30 days, used as one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year, such as January or February. It can also refer to a specific period from a particular date in one month to the same date in the next month.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Monthnoun

    one of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month

  2. Etymology: [OE. month, moneth, AS. mn, mna; akin to mna moon, and to D. maand month, G. monat, OHG. mnd, Icel. mnur, mnar, Goth. mns. 272. See Moon.]

Wikidata

  1. Month

    A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of moon phases; such months are synodic months and last approximately 29.53 days. From excavated tally sticks, researchers have deduced that people counted days in relation to the Moon's phases as early as the Paleolithic age. Synodic months, based on the Moon's orbital period, are still the basis of many calendars today, and are used to divide the year.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Month

    munth, n. the period from new moon to new moon—a lunation, lunar, or synodic month (=29.5306 days): one of the twelve divisions of the year—a calendar month: one-twelfth part of a tropical year, the time the sun takes to pass through 30°—a solar month=30.4368 days.—n. Month′ling, that which is a month old or which lasts a month.—adj. Month′ly, performed in a month: happening or published once a month.—n. a monthly publication: (pl.) the menses.—adv. once a month: in every month.—Month of Sundays, a period that seems very long; Month's mind (see Mind).—Sidereal, or Stellar, month, the time in which the moon passes round the ecliptic to the same star=27.3217 days; Tropical, or Periodic, month, from the moon's passing the equinox till she again reaches it=27.3216 days. [A.S. mónðmóna, the moon.]

Editors Contribution

  1. monthnoun

    28-31 days, 4 weeks, in the language of time and dates computing a name in the season that's enduring nature forming ordinal and fractional numbers naturally denoting a state of mind. 1.) each of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided into a period of time between the same dates in successive calendar months. A very long, seemingly endless period of time.

    My prophecy prediction starts in a month on 3/25/2025.

    Etymology: 672 to 744 hours


    Submitted by Tehorah_Nephesh_Lespri_Bondye on February 26, 2025  


  2. month

    A unit of known time on planet earth.

    Each month has a different name and perceived weather and climate.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020  

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MONTH' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #673

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MONTH' in Written Corpus Frequency: #585

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MONTH' in Nouns Frequency: #39

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MONTH in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MONTH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of MONTH in a Sentence

  1. Marwan Shurrab:

    Turnover has been low, and markets will continue to lack liquidity given the month of Ramadan and the summer holiday overlap, which usually sees shrinking volumes.

  2. Charles Rossotti:

    When I did the transition to Bush, if someone had come to me and said, 'look, we don’t want you here,' I wouldn’t have stayed, but anybody sensible would look at this situation and decide there are a lot of people who need to file their tax returns next month.

  3. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

    We've raised some significant concerns about the frequency with which Congress chooses to just kick the can down the road when it comes to funding our infrastructure, to fund these efforts at a month, or two, or three at a time is really inefficient.

  4. New York:

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  5. Jean-Michel Blanquer:

    Through a direct experience of the military life, its know-how and its requirements, every young French person will go to meet their fellow citizens, will experience social diversity, and republican cohesion for a month, it will help young people to prepare their entry into professional life as well as into their life as citizens.

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