/ mʌnθ; NAmE / noun
1.
[ C ] any of the twelve periods of time into which the year is divided, for example May or June :
the month of August
We're moving house next month .
She earns $1 000 a month .
The rent is £300 per month .
Have you read this month's 'Physics World'?
Prices continue to rise month after month (= over a period of several months) .
Her anxiety mounted month by month (= as each month passed) .
—see also calendar month
2.
[ C ] a period of about 30 days, for example, 3 June to 3 July :
The baby is three months old.
a three-month-old baby
They lived in Toronto during their first few months of marriage.
several months later
a six-month contract
a month-long strike
He visits Paris once or twice a month.
—see also lunar month
3.
months [ pl. ] a long time, especially a period of several months :
He had to wait for months for the visas to come through.
It will be months before we get the results.
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IDIOMS
- in a month of Sundays
—more at flavour noun
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English mōnath , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maand and German Monat , also to moon .