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month
What does month mean?
month (noun): a period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use month in a sentence?
- He paid the bill last month. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce month?
/mʌnθ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does month come from?
From Middle English mon(e)th, from Old English mōnaþ.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to month
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “month” mean?
a strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
Not quite: that's what cane means.
an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
Not quite: that's what qualification means.
a period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon
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undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild
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