august
the month following July and preceding September
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,568 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,559 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the month following July and preceding September also: Aug
adjective
- of or befitting a lord also: grand, lordly heir to a lordly fortuneof august lineage
- profoundly honored also: revered, venerable revered holy men
august in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Every one she knew would have gone somewhere, and Mortimer Street in August was a melancholy thing.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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There is, when one thinks of it, a considerable want of candour in the august view of life.
Notes on Life & Letters · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 2
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Eradicate was a faithful friend and servant, but, of late, Koku, or August, the giant, had rather supplanted him.
Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera · Victor Appleton · Chapter 2
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At the end of the first week in August her strength would have sufficed for the short drive to Landshut.
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 08 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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It was a warm day in August, just the sort of day when an adventure of any kind seemed impossible.
In the Wilderness · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1