plural months
ˈmən(t)s 
ˈmən(t)ths
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
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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My first keratin treatment was just a few months after the birth of my first daughter.
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Liz Krieger, Allure, 15 Apr. 2025
Nearly a month to the day of the sinking, on May 13, the Oceanic, a White Star liner making its regular westbound run from Southampton, England, to New York, came across a Titanic lifeboat some 200 miles from the wreck site.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Still, Mary went weeks, and then months, without her medications, Woods found.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
These months have comfortable temperatures, averaging mid-80s in May, and less expensive resort fees in the spring.
—Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
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Liz Krieger, Allure, 15 Apr. 2025
Nearly a month to the day of the sinking, on May 13, the Oceanic, a White Star liner making its regular westbound run from Southampton, England, to New York, came across a Titanic lifeboat some 200 miles from the wreck site.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Still, Mary went weeks, and then months, without her medications, Woods found.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
These months have comfortable temperatures, averaging mid-80s in May, and less expensive resort fees in the spring.
—Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for month
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“Month.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/month. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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