month

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ 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.
Idioms: in a month of Sundays (spoken) used to emphasize that sth will never happen: You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays.
more at FLAVOUR n.

Collocation dictionary

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ADJ.

last, past

The past few months have been hectic.

| preceding, previous, recent | current | coming, following, next, future

Winning stories will be published in the magazine in future months.

| consecutive, successive | alternate | intervening

To occupy the intervening months she took a temporary job.

| early, later

the early months of 2003

| cold, dry, hot, wet | autumn, spring, summer, winter

hot summer months

| lunar | calendar | record

This has been a record month for sales.

VERB + MONTH

spend

He spent about a month decorating the house.

| take

It took months to find another job.

MONTH + VERB

elapse, go by, pass

PREP.

by the ~

paid by the month

| during/in a/the ~ of

The festival is always held in the month of May.

| for a ~

It hasn't rained for months.

| in a ~

We're getting married in a month/in a month's time.

| over/under a ~

I've been working on the illustration for over a month.

| per ~

What does the salary work out as per month?

| ~ of

The months of July and August are the hottest.

PHRASES

a time of the month

Our money's usually running low by this time of the month.

More information about MONTH

MONTH:

the month of ~

The bus service will be offered free of charge to residents for the month of August.

last, next, that, this ~ the/this coming ~ the following/previous ~

She'll be 40 this coming September.

~ (of) last/next/that/this year ~ (of) the/this coming year ~ (of) the following/previous/same year

The construction work began in May of last year.

early, late, mid-~

The strike began in late March.

the beginning, end, middle of ~

I'm going on holiday at the end of April.

first/latter/second half of ~

The first half of January was marked by intense diplomatic activity.

the period ~

Throughout the period November to February flocks of 500 or more are regularly present.

the months/weeks/year to ~

In the year to June, sales were up 12% on a year ago.

spend ~

He spent August abroad.

~ arrive, come (written)

November came with especially nasty fog.

~ pass (into ~) (written)

January passed into February with the crime still a mystery.

a ~ day/morning/night, etc.

a misty December morning

~ ('s) edition/issue

His article will appear in May's issue of the magazine.

~ sales

I picked up lots of bargains in the January sales.

~ coup, demonstration, election, meeting, referendum, revolution, riot, summit, etc.

The party is to boycott the June elections.

about, around ~

We will write to you again around August.

after, before ~

We expect to take delivery some time after June.

between ~ and ~

The hotel is closed between October and April.

by ~

The refurbishment should be completed by December.

come ~

It's back to school for him come September

(= when September comes).

during ~

The museum attracted 2,000 visitors during March.

for ~

The congress is planned for February 2003.

from ~

The exhibition is open from March to November.

in ~

We're getting married in April.

since ~

She has played only four games since November.

throughout ~

The freezing weather continued throughout January.

(up) to, until ~

The show runs until the end of October.

Concise English dictionary

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monthsmʌnθ
noun
+one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
+a time unit of approximately 30 days