Definition of month Month

/mʌˈnθ/ - [munth] - month

We found 10 definitions of month from 6 different sources.

What does month mean?

Noun Plural: months
month - a time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"
		time unit, unit of time a unit for measuring time periods
		year a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
		new moon, new phase of the moon the time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent
		half-moon the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
		full, full-of-the-moon, full moon, full phase of the moon the time when the Moon is fully illuminated; "the moon is at the full"
		lunar month, lunation, synodic month, moon the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
		anomalistic month period between successive perigees; approximately 27.5546 days
		sidereal month period between successive conjunctions with a star, 27.322 days
month - one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month"
		calendar month
		period of time, time period, period an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
		calendar week, week a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday
		date sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
		revolutionary calendar month a month in the Revolutionary calendar
		gregorian calendar month a month in the Gregorian calendar
		jewish calendar month a month in the Jewish calendar
		islamic calendar month any lunar month in the Muslim calendar

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month (Noun)
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.
month (Noun)
A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
month (Noun)
A woman's period; menstrual discharge.

month (n.)
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.

month
A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. In the Gregorian calendar there are twelve months.
month
A period of time lasting approximately thirty days.

A month is an amount of time used with calendars. It is about one twelfth of a year. It is a little longer than a natural period of the moon 29.53 days. In some cultures, the idea for months came from moon phases. People have counted days based on moon phases for a very long time. Some calendars are still strongly based on the moon, or "lunar calendars".

Others, called "solar calendars", ignore the moon, and depend entirely on the Sun — for example, the Gregorian calendar of 365 or 366 days (twelve months) used in much of the world today.

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