Meaning & use
august
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Respected and impressive, especially because of great age, dignity, or importance.
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The judge addressed the august panel of scholars with great care.
It was an august occasion, attended by diplomats from around the world.
A note on using this word
When lowercase, 'august' is this adjective; capitalized, 'August' is the name of the month — the two are unrelated in everyday use despite the shared spelling.
Words with a similar meaning
dignifiedvenerable
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Words with an opposite meaning
undignified
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