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Word

october

Phoneticsoc·to·ber

/ɑkˈtoʊbɝ/

Definition

n. the tenth month of the year. In the northern part of the world, it is a time when the weather gets cooler and leaves change colour.

n. the tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. It is typically associated with autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere.

Examples

“The leaves turn brown in October.”

“We are planning a short hiking trip in the mountains during the second week of October.”

“The festival is traditionally held in late October to coincide with the harvest, drawing thousands of visitors to the rural valley each year.”

Examples

simple

“The leaves turn brown in October.”

contextual

“We are planning a short hiking trip in the mountains during the second week of October.”

complex

“The festival is traditionally held in late October to coincide with the harvest, drawing thousands of visitors to the rural valley each year.”

Usage

Always capitalized. Usually used with the preposition 'in' for time or 'of' for specific dates.

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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