1
: a measure of time corresponding nearly to the period of the moon's revolution and amounting to approximately 4 weeks or 30 days or 1/12 of a year
2
months plural : an indefinite usually extended period of time
He has been gone for months.
3
: one ninth of the typical duration of human pregnancy
She was in her eighth month.
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Examples of month in a Sentence

July is my favorite month. It was hard to keep warm in the cabin during the winter months. the merry month of May I saw her last month and I'll see her again next month. The price sometimes changes dramatically from one month to the next. He was gone for a month. She was back to work a month after the accident. He's been gone for months. I haven't talked to her in months.
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But a few months after her first birthday, Karuna began refusing meals. — Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026 Lys Beauty has launched its Triple Fix pressed powder in Sincere, a new pink shade of which 100 percent of net proceeds during the month of October will be donated to The Pink Agenda, which supports breast cancer research and care. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 There’s also an additional $5,768 in monthly real estate taxes, bringing the total baseline carrying costs to just under $10,000 a month. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026 Eligible individuals may receive 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity restoration support through IDX, depending on the information affected. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for month

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English mōnath; akin to Old High German mānōd month, Old English mōna moon

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of month was before the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Month.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/month. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

Kids Definition

: one of the 12 parts into which the year is divided

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