month

noun

ˈmən(t)th 

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.

see also:

a month of Sundays of the month

Synonyms of month

• forever
• long
• age

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Bellow won the Nobel Prize for literature five months later. —Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026

Wanner’s 11-month-old baby was buckled into a high chair and crying, without her mom, when a relative arrived to the home that day. —Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 2 May 2026

The back end of the month will be warm, but the first two weeks? —Ron Smiley, CBS News, 2 May 2026

The three cases date to the first few months of the new administration, but judges have continued to find violations since then, including in two cases in April. —ABC News, 2 May 2026

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

Phrases Containing month

• a month of Sundays
• lunar month
• month after month
• month by month
• month's mind
• of the month
• sidereal month
• synodic month
• with each passing month

Kids Definition

month

noun

ˈmən(t)th 

plural months ˈmən(t)s 

ˈmən(t)ths

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