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november

n. C / U
A1 Beginner Oxford US //noʊˈvɛmbɝ// no·vem·ber General-service

n. the eleventh month of the year. It comes after October and before December.

n. the eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, consisting of thirty days.


SIMPLE

The weather gets much colder in November.

CONTEXTUAL

In many countries, people celebrate special holidays or remember historical events during the month of November.

COMPLEX

The late autumn landscape in November is often characterized by falling leaves and shorter daylight hours as winter approaches in the northern hemisphere.

Synonyms
Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Italic *nowən Latin novem Latin November Latin november Old French novembrebor. Middle English Novembre English November From Middle English Novembre, from Old French novembre, from Latin November (“ninth month”), from Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix. November was the ninth month in the Roman calendar. Displaced native Old English blōtmōnaþ (literally “sacrifice month”), so called because the Anglo-Saxons, when they were pagans, would sacrifice in this month before the winter set in.

Usage

Capitalized as a proper noun; used as a countable noun when referring to a specific year's instance or a recurring month.

Pitfall

I was born in the November.I was born in November.Names of months are proper nouns and do not take a definite article when used generally.

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