Definition of august August
/ɑˈgʌst/ - [agust] - au•gust
We found 17 definitions of august from 8 different sources.
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What does august mean?
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| august - the month following July and preceding September | ||
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| gregorian calendar month a month in the Gregorian calendar | ||
| gregorian calendar new style calendar | ||
| assumption of mary, august 15, assumption the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts" | ||
| dormition, feast of dormition celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th | ||
Adjectiveaugust, auguster, augustest |
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| august - profoundly honored; "revered holy men" | ||
| revered, venerable | ||
| honourable, honorable worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" | ||
| august - of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" | ||
| grand, lordly | ||
| noble having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- august (Verb)
To make ripe. - august (Verb)
To bring to realisation. - august (Adjective)
Noble, venerable, majestic, awe-inspiring, often of the highest social class. - august (Adjective)
Of noble birth.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- august (a.)
Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. - august (a.)
The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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The eighth month of the Gregorian calendar, having 31 days.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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aw-gust′, adj. venerable: imposing: sublime: majestic—adv. August′ly.—n. August′ness. [L. augustus—augēre, to increase, honour.] -
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aw′gust, n. the eighth month of the year, so called after the Roman emperor Augustus Cæsar
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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August dry and warm, Harvest doth no harm. -
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If the twenty-fourth of August be fair and clear, Then hope for a prosperous autumn that year. -
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A wet August never brings dearth.
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August is the eighth month of the year. It has 31 days.
This month was first called "Sextilis" in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the old Roman calendar. The Roman calendar began in March about 735 BC with Romulus. It was the eighth month when January or February were added to the start of the year by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC. Or, when those two months were moved from the end to the beginning of the year by the decemvirs about 450 BC (Roman writers disagree).
August is named for Augustus Caesar. The month has 31 days because the Roman senate wanted as many days as Julius Caesar's month July. Augustus is in summer, after July and before September.
An extra month was moved from February in order to make the of August seem more important. This was undone when the leap year adjustment was made.
August's flower is the Gladioli with the birthstone being Peridot.
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