NOUN | time | month, calendar month | one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year |
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time | month | a time unit of approximately 30 days |
Sounds | mah'nth | |
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Rhymes | billionth ... thousandth: 7 rhymes with ahnth... |
Meaning | One of the twelve divisions of the calendar year. | |
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Example | "he paid the bill last month" | |
Synonym | calendar month | |
Parts | week, calendar week | A period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday |
Narrower | Gregorian calendar month | A month in the Gregorian calendar |
Hindu calendar month | Any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar | |
Islamic calendar month | Any lunar month in the Muslim calendar | |
Jewish calendar month | A month in the Jewish calendar | |
Revolutionary calendar month | A month in the Revolutionary calendar | |
date | The particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred | |
Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
Spanish | mes de calendario, mes | |
Catalan | mes | |
Adjectives | monthly | of or occurring or payable every month |
Meaning | A time unit of approximately 30 days. | |
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Example | "he was given a month to pay the bill" | |
Part of | year | The period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun |
Parts | full moon, full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon, full | The time / time when the Moon is fully illuminated |
half-moon | The time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated | |
new moon, new phase of the moon | The time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent | |
Narrower | anomalistic month | Period between successive perigees |
lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month | The period between successive new moons (29.531 days) | |
sidereal month | Period between successive conjunctions with a star, 27.322 days | |
solar month | one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year | |
Broader | time unit, unit of time | A unit for measuring time periods |
Spanish | mes | |
Catalan | mes | |
Adjectives | monthly | of or occurring or payable every month |
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