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How to pronounce months in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms calendar month
Type of period of time, time period, period
Has types islamic calendar month, jewish calendar month, gregorian calendar month, revolutionary calendar month, hindu calendar month, date
Derivation monthly


he paid the bill last month.
Type Words
Type of time unit, unit of time
Has types anomalistic month, lunar month, lunation, moon, sidereal month, solar month, synodic month
Derivation monthly


he was given a month to pay the bill.

Examples of months

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Even after eight months, Riley says the flood continues to wreck people's lives.
From the tennessean.com
Johnson said the Canadian Pacific investigation could go on for weeks or months.
From the dailyherald.com
Despite months of sluggish hiring, the economy is headed in the right direction.
From the dailyherald.com
Tensions between Ahmadinejad and Mottaki have been building up in recent months.
From the newsweek.com
When their gas bill exceeded $1,000 18 months ago, the utility cut off them off.
From the stltoday.com
Rush had been notified five months before that his company would deploy to Iraq.
From the stltoday.com
Shepard was sentenced Dec. 10 to 10 months in prison for mail fraud and bribery.
From the stltoday.com
The department recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months get vaccinated.
From the thenewstribune.com
The National Bureau of Economic Research says the recession ended 15 months ago.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • Calendar month: one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month"
  • A time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"
  • (monthly) of or occurring or payable every month; "monthly payments"; "the monthly newsletter"
  • (monthly) a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
  • A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Egypt, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. ...
  • The Month was a monthly review, published from 1864 to 2001, which for almost all of its history was owned by the English Province of the Society of Jesus and edited by its members.
  • (The Monthly) The Monthly is an Australian national magazine of politics, society and the arts, which is published eleven times per year on a monthly basis excepting the December/January issue. Founded in 2005, it is published by Melbourne property developer Morry Schwartz. ...
  • (The Months) The Months is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his Pentamerone.
  • A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. In the Gregorian calendar there are twelve months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December; A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof; ...