Meaning & use

month

noun·Everyday

One of the twelve divisions of a calendar year, roughly matching the time it takes the moon to orbit Earth.

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We're moving to a new apartment next month.

The project took nearly six months to complete from start to finish.

A note on using this word

Months vary in length from 28 to 31 days, unlike weeks, which are always seven days.

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