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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun month has 2 senses

month(n = noun.time) calendar month - one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month"

is a kind of period, period of time, time period

has parts: calendar week, week

has particulars: date, revolutionary calendar month, gregorian calendar month, jewish calendar month, islamic calendar month, hindu calendar month

Derived form adjective monthly₁

month(n = noun.time) Array - a time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"

is a kind of

time unit

unit of time

is a part of year

has parts: new moon, new phase of the moon, half-moon, full, full-of-the-moon, full moon, full phase of the moon

has particulars: lunar month, lunation, moon, synodic month, anomalistic month, sidereal month, solar month

Derived form adjective monthly₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

month, n. [OE. month, moneth, AS. mōn, mōna; akin to mōna moon, and to D. maand month, G. monat, OHG. mānōd, Icel. mānu, māna, Goth. mēnō. √272. See Moon.].

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. [1913 Webster]
" In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed. Blackstone. In the United States the rule of the common law is generally changed, and a month is declared to mean a calendar month. Cooley's Blackstone." [1913 Webster]

A month mind. (a) A strong or abnormal desire. [Obs.] Shak. (b) A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a month after death. Strype. -- Calendar months, the months as adjusted in the common or Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November, containing 30 days, and the rest 31, except February, which, in common years, has 28, and in leap years 29. -- Lunar month, the period of one revolution of the moon, particularly a synodical revolution; but several kinds are distinguished, as the synodical month, or period from one new moon to the next, in mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m. 2.87 s.; the nodical month, or time of revolution from one node to the same again, in length 27 d. 5 h. 5 m. 36 s.; the sidereal, or time of revolution from a star to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the anomalistic, or time of revolution from perigee to perigee again, in length 27 d. 13 h. 18 m. 37.4 s.; and the tropical, or time of passing from any point of the ecliptic to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 4.7 s. -- Solar month, the time in which the sun passes through one sign of the zodiac, in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1 s.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

month, n.
1 (in full calendar month) a each of usu. twelve periods into which a year is divided. b a period of time between the same dates in successive calendar months.
2 a period of 28 days or of four weeks.
3 = lunar month.

Idiom

month of Sundays a very long period.

Etymology

OE monath f. Gmc, rel. to MOON

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THESAURUS

month
abundant year, academic year, annum, bissextile year, calendar month, calendar year, century, common year, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, fiscal year, fortnight, hour, leap year, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, man-hour, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, moon, quarter, quinquennium, regular year, second, semester, session, sidereal year, solar year, sun, term, trimester, twelvemonth, week, weekday, year

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Period
N period, age, era, second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum, quinquennium, lifetime, generation, epoch, ghurry, lunation, moon, century, millennium, annus magnus, horary, hourly, annual.

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