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UK [mʌnθ] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "month":
singular month plural months

1) one of the 12 periods that a year is divided into, such as January, February etc

the month of March

Could we meet earlier in the month?

during the winter months

this/next/last month:

A man was arrested last month in connection with the robbery.

I've already spent this month's salary.

the beginning/end of the month:

They aim to finish by the end of the month.

a month/per month (= each month):

I give my daughter £50 a month.

2) a period of about four weeks

I should try to finish my novel over the next few months.

Three months passed and we didn't hear a word from him.

a three-month-old baby

for a month:

My parents were here for a month last year.

in a month's time:

They're getting married in a month's time.

a month's worth:

The doctor has given him a month's worth of pills.

the past/previous month:

We've hardly seen each other over the past month.

a month from:

I'll be leaving a month from today.

3) months

[plural] a long time

It'll take months to finish the work on the house.

for/in months:

We haven't been to the cinema for months.

4) astronomy a lunar month

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not/never in a month of Sundays — informal old-fashioned used for saying that something will never happen

- month after month

- a month at a time

- month by month