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{ "term": "month", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "any of the twelve periods of time into which the year is divided, for example May or June", "sensetop": "a/per month", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The months of July and August are the hottest." }, { "text": "May and June are the two wettest months of the year in Nebraska." }, { "text": "during the summer/winter months" }, { "text": "We're moving house **next month**." }, { "text": "**Last month** I went on a school trip to Germany." }, { "text": "We got married two **months ago**." }, { "text": "She earns $2 000 a month.", "contextForm": "a/per month" }, { "text": "The rent is £800 per month." }, { "text": "Have you read this month's ‘Physics World’?" }, { "text": "Prices continue to rise **month after month** *(= over a period of several months)*." }, { "text": "Her anxiety mounted **month by month** *(= as each month passed)*." }, { "text": "Our money's usually running low by this time of the month." }, { "text": "Performances were banned for the entire month of June." }, { "text": "The festival is always held in the month of May." }, { "text": "This has been a record month for sales." }, { "text": "What does the salary work out as per month?" }, { "text": "Winning stories will be published in the magazine in future months." }, { "text": "paid by the month" }, { "text": "the Muslim holy month of Ramadan" }, { "text": "the early months of 2024" } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "past", "preceding"], "verb + month": ["spend", "take", "wait"], "month + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"], "preposition": [ "by the month", "during a/the month of", "in a/the month of" ], "phrases": ["the months leading up to something", "time of the month"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a period of about 30 days, for example, 3 June to 3 July", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The baby is three months old." }, { "text": "a three-month-old baby" }, { "text": "They lived in Toronto during their first few months of marriage." }, { "text": "The **past few months** have been hectic." }, { "text": "several months later" }, { "text": "a six-month contract" }, { "text": "a month-long strike" }, { "text": "He visits Paris once or twice a month." }, { "text": "**In recent months** the company has launched three new products." }, { "text": "He spent about a month decorating the house." }, { "text": "Children between one and 24 months of age were eligible." }, { "text": "I waited two months for them to reply to my email." }, { "text": "I've been working on the illustration for over a month." }, { "text": "In just a few short months he was promoted to manager." }, { "text": "Laura is in the final months of pregnancy with her first child." }, { "text": "We've been here five whole months now." }, { "text": "We're getting married in a month/in a month's time." }, { "text": "To occupy the intervening months she took a temporary job." }, { "text": "The President was involved in discussions in the months leading up to the war." } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "past", "preceding"], "verb + month": ["spend", "take", "wait"], "month + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"], "preposition": [ "by the month", "during a/the month of", "in a/the month of" ], "phrases": ["the months leading up to something", "time of the month"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a long time, especially a period of several months", "sensetop": "for months", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He had to wait for months for the visas to come through." }, { "text": "It will be months before we get the results." }, { "text": "It took months to find another job." }, { "text": "It hasn't rained for months.", "contextForm": "for months" } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "past", "preceding"], "verb + month": ["spend", "take", "wait"], "month + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"], "preposition": [ "by the month", "during a/the month of", "in a/the month of" ], "phrases": ["the months leading up to something", "time of the month"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a person or thing that is very popular at a particular time", "examples": [ { "text": "Environmental issues are no longer the flavour of the month." }, { "text": "I’m not exactly flavour of the month around here at the moment." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to emphasize that something will never happen or will take a very long time", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays." }, { "text": "It is possible to learn to skydive in Britain, but with our weather it might take a month of Sundays to do it." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/mʌnθ/", "audio": "mo/month/month__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/mʌnθ/", "audio": "mo/month/month__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English mōnath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maand and German Monat, also to moon." }