months
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
An inflected form of month · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 684 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 27,582 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year also: calendar month he paid the bill last month
- a time unit of approximately 30 days he was given a month to pay the bill
months 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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Two months later an answer was received.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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What have you done these five months?
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Since then I have waited some months, but nothing more has appeared.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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Delightful for a few months, but very grim all the rest of the year.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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He entered his bedroom which he had occupied only once or twice during the last few months.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1