adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
early August/January etc
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Italy is lovely in early June, before it gets too hot.
next/last August
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I was there last August.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
body
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It has been prepared by that august body , the Industrial Society and indicates that many secretaries feel trapped in their jobs.
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Although that august body had been in existence for more than fifteen years, it occupied no official headquarters.
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And this august body of quintessential back-room people must now press loudly and firmly for this to happen.
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This august body had been responsible for placing the bench we were now sitting on.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the idea of Zeus became loftier, two august forms sat beside him in Olympus.
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He admired the columned buildings, august even in the rain.
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It has been prepared by that august body, the Industrial Society and indicates that many secretaries feel trapped in their jobs.
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Perhaps Private Eye does not penetrate such an august reading room.