month
month Lexical Profile
month Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Each of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided in the standard calendar.
"The project is scheduled to launch in the first week of next month."
A period of time lasting approximately four weeks or thirty days, extending from a specific date in one calendar month to the corresponding date in the next.
"She spent an entire month traveling across the southern provinces of Spain."
A period of time corresponding to one complete revolution of the moon around the Earth (a lunar or synodic month, lasting approximately 29.5 days).
"Ancient agricultural societies tracked the seasons using a calendar based on the lunar month."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'mōnaþ', from Proto-Germanic '*mēnōþs', closely related to the word 'moon' because early calendars measured time by the phases of the lunar cycle.