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"MONTHS" is a plural of: month. |
Date "MONTHS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Literature | Months January. So called from "Janus," the Roman deity that kept the gates of heaven. The image of Janus is represented with two faces looking opposite ways. One face is old, and is emblematical of time past; the other is young, as the emblem of time future. The Dutch used to call this month Lauw-maand (frosty-month); the Saxons, Wulf-monath, because wolves were very trouble-some then from the great scarcity of food. After the introduction of Christianity, the name was changed to Se æftera geóla (the after-yule); it was also called Forma-monath (first month). In the French Republican calendar it was called Nivôse (snow-month, December 20th to 20th January). February. So called from "Februa," a name of Juno, from the Sabine word februo (to purify). Juno was so called because she presided over the purification of women, which took place in this month. The Dutch used to term the month Spokkel-maand (vegetation-month); the ancient Saxons, Sprote-cál (from the sprouting of pot-wort or kele); they changed it subsequently to Solmonath (from the returning sun). In the French Republican calendar it was called Pluviôse (rain-month, 20th January to 20th February). March. So called from "Mars," the Roman war-god and patron deity. The old Dutch name for it was Lent-maand (lengthening-month), because the days sensibly lengthen; the old Saxon name was Hréth-monath (rough month, from its boisterous winds); the name was subsequently changed to Length-monath (lengthening month); it was also called Hlyd-monath (boisterous-month). In the French Republican calendar it was called Ventôse (windy-month, February 20th to March 20th). April. So called from the Latin aperio (to open), in allusion to the unfolding of the leaves. The old Dutch name was Gras-maand (grass-month); the old Saxon, Easter-monath (orient or paschal-month). In the French Republican calendar it was called Germinal (the time of budding, March 21st to the 19th of April). May is the old Latin magius, softened into maius, similar to the Sanskrit mah (to grow), that is, the growing-month. The old Dutch name was Blou-maand (blossoming month); the Old Saxon, Trimilchi (three milch), because cows were milked thrice a day in this month. In the French Republican calendar the month was called Floréal (the time of flowers, April 20th to May 20th). June. So called from the "juniores" or soldiers of the state, not from Juno, the queen-goddess. The old Dutch name was Zomer-maand (summer-month); the old Saxon, Sere-monath (dry-month), and Lida-arra (joy-time). In the French Republican calendar the month was called Prairial (meadow-month, May 20th to June 18th). July. Mark Antony gave this month the name of Julius, from Julius Caesar, who was born in it. It had been previously called Quintilis (fifth-month). The old Dutch name for it was Hooymaand (hay-month); the old Saxon, Mæd-monath (because the cattle were turned into the meadows to feed), and Lida æftevr (the second mild or genial month). In the French Republican calendar it was called Messidor (harvest-month, June 19th to July 18th). August. So called in honour of Augustus Cæsar; not because it was his birth-month, but because it was the month in which he entered upon his first consulship, celebrated three triumphs, received the oath of allegiance from the legions which occupied the Janiculum, reduced Egypt, and put an end to the civil wars. He was born in September. The old Dutch name for August was Oostmaand (harvest-month); the old Saxon, Weod-monath (weed-month, where weed signifies vegetation in general. In the French Republican calendar it was called Ther-midor (hot-month, July 19th to August 17th). September. The seventh month from March, where the year used to commence. The old Dutch name was Herstmaand (autumn-month); the old Saxon, Gerst-monath (barley-monath), or Hærfest-monath; and after the introduction of Christianity Halig-monath (holy-month, the nativity of the Virgin Mary being on the 8th, the exaltation of the Cross on the 14th, Holy-Rood Day on the 26th, and St. Michael's Day on the 29th). In the French Republican calendar it was called Fructidor (fruit-month, August 18th to September 21st). October. The eighth month of the Alban calendar. The old Dutch name was Wyn-maand; the Old Saxon, Win-monath (wine-month, or the time of vintage); it was also called Teo-monath (tenth-month), and Winter-fylleth (winter full-moon). In the French Republican calendar it was called Vendé-miaire (time of vintage, September 22nd to October 21st). November. The ninth Alban month. The old Dutch name was Slaght-maand (slaughter-month, the time when the beasts were slain and salted down for winter use); the old Saxon, Wind-monath (wind-month, when the fishermen drew their boats ashore, and gave over fishing till the next spring); it was also called Blot-monath - the same as Slaght-maand. In the French Republican calendar it was called Brumaire (fog-month, October 22nd to November 21st). December. The tenth month of the old Alban calendar. The old Dutch name was Winter-maand (winder-month); the old Saxon, Mid-winter-monath (mid-winter-month); whereas June was Mid-sumor-monath. Christian Saxons called December Se ura geóla (the anti-yule). In the French Republican calendar it was called Frimaire (hoar-frost month, from November 22nd to December 20th). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which is approximately as long as some natural period related to the motion of the Moon. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of moon phases; such months are synodic months and last ~29.53 days. From excavated tally sticks, researchers have deduced that people counted days in relation to the Moon's phases as early as the paleolithic age. Synodic months are still the basis of many calendars.
Astronomical Background
The motion of the Moon in its orbit is very complicated and its period is not constant. Moreover, many cultures (most notably those using the Hebrew (Jewish) and Islamic calendars) start a month with the first appearance of the thin crescent of the new moon after sunset over the western horizon. The date and time of this actual observation depends on the exact geographical longitude as well as latitude, atmospheric conditions, the visual acuity of the observers, etc. Therefore the beginning and lengths of months in these calendars can not be accurately predicted. Most Jews currently follow a precalculated calendar, but the Karaites rely on actual moon observations.The actual period of the Moon's orbit as measured in a fixed frame of reference is known as a sidereal month, because it is the time it takes the Moon to return to the same position on the celestial sphere among the fixed stars (Latin: sidus): about 27 1/3 days on average. This type of "month" has appeared among cultures in the Middle East, India, and China in the following way: they divided the sky in 28 lunar stations, characterized by asterisms (groups of stars), one for each day that the Moon follows its track among the stars.
It is customary to specify positions of celestial bodies with respect to the vernal equinox. Because of precession, this point moves back along the ecliptic. Therefore it takes the Moon less time to return to the equinox than to the same point amidst the fixed stars. This slightly shorter period is known as tropical month; cf. the analogous tropical year of the Sun. This type of month is not used much.
Like all orbits, the Moon's orbit is an ellipse rather than a circle. However, the orientation (as well as the shape) of this orbit is not fixed. In particular, the position of the extreme points (the line of the apsides: perigee and apogee), makes a full circle in about nine years. It takes the Moon longer to return to the same apsis because it moved ahead during one revolution. This longer period is called anomalistic month, and has an average length of about 27 1/2 days. The apparent diameter of the Moon varies with this period, and therefore this type of month has some relevance for the prediction of eclipses (see saros), whose extent, duration, and appearance depend on the exact apparent diameter of the Moon.
The orbit of the Moon lies in a plane that is tilted with respect to the plane of the ecliptic: it has an inclination of about five degrees. The line of intersection of these planes defines two points on the celestial sphere: the ascending and descending node. The plane of the Moon's orbit precesses over a full circle in about 18.6 years, so the nodes move backwards over the ecliptic with the same period. Hence the time it takes the Moon to return to the same node is again shorter than a sidereal month: this is called the draconic month, which has an average length of about 27 1/5 days. It is important for predicting eclipses: these take place when the Sun, Earth and Moon are on a line. Now (as seen from the Earth) the Sun moves along the ecliptic, while the Moon moves along its own orbit that is inclined on the ecliptic. The three bodies are only on a line when the Moon is on the ecliptic, i.e. when it is in one of the nodes. The "draconic" month refers to the mythological dragon that lives in the nodes and regularly eats the Sun or Moon at an eclipse.
The cause of the moon phases is that from the Earth we see the part of the Moon that is illuminated by the Sun from different angles as the Moon traverses its orbit. So the appearance depends on the position of the Moon with respect to the Sun (as seen from the Earth). Because the Earth orbits Sol, it takes Luna extra time (after completing a sidereal month - 360&Deg;) to orbit around and return to the same position with respect to Sol. This longer period is called synodic month (from Greek syn hodos, with the way, i.e. the Moon travelling with the Sun), and is longer because, in order for the same S Because of the perturbations of the orbits of the Earth (Sun) and Moon, the actual time between lunations may range from about 29.27 to about 29.83 days.
Here is a list of the average length of the various astronomical lunar months [1]. These are not constant, so I provide a first-order (linear) approximation of the secular change:
Valid for the epoch J2000 (1 Jan. 2000 12:00 TT):
sidereal month: 27.321661547 + 0.000000001857*y days tropical month: 27.321582241 + 0.000000001506*y days anomalistic month: 27.554549878 - 0.000000010390*y days draconic month: 27.212220817 + 0.000000003833*y days synodic month: 29.530588853 + 0.000000002162*y daysNote: time expressed in ephemeris time (more precisely Terrestrial Time) with days of 86400 SI seconds. y is years since the epoch (2000), expressed in Julian years of 365.25 days. Note that for calendrical calculations, one would probably use days measured in the time scale of Universal Time, which follows the somewhat unpredictable rotation of the Earth, and progressively accumulates a difference with ephemeris time called Delta-T.
[1] Derived from the ELP2000-85; see: M.Chapront-Touzé, J. Chapront (1991): "Lunar Tables and Programs from 4000 B.C. to A.D.8000". Willmann-Bell, Richmond VA; ISBN 0-943396-33-6
The Saros
223 synodic months is approximately equal to 239 anomalistic months and to 242 draconic months. This period is known as a saros. It is used in the study of eclipses.
Calendrical implications
Continued fractions of the decimal value for the synodic month quoted above give successive approximations for the average length of this month in terms of fractions of a day. So in the list below, after the number of days listed in the numerator, an integer number of months as listed in the denominator have been completed:
This is useful for designing purely lunar calendars, where months of 29 and 30 days occur in some pattern that repeats after some number of months. A recently invented pure lunar calendar called the Yerm Calendar (at http://hermetic.magnet.ch/cal_stud/palmen/yerm1.htm ) makes use of all of the above approximations.
- 29 days
- 30
- 59/2
- 443/15
- 502/17
- 1447/49
- 25101/850
More importantly, in lunisolar calendars, an integral number of synodic months is fitted into some integral number of years. The average length of the tropical year divided by the average length of the synodic month, i.e. the number of synodic months in a year, is (for epoch J2000):
Continued fractions of this decimal value give optimal approximations for this value. So in the list below, after the number of synodic months listed in the numerator, an integer number of tropical years as listed in the denominator have been completed:
- 12.368266392
The last three have actually been used in calendars.
- 12
- 25/2
- 37/3
- 99/8
- 235/19 Metonic cycle
- 4131/334
The Gregorian calendar, like the Julian calendar before it, has twelve months:
For the rationale behind the unusual day lengths, see February and August.
- January, with 31 days;
- February, with 28 days or 29 in leap years;
- March, with 31 days;
- April, with 30 days;
- May, with 31 days;
- June, with 30 days;
- July, with 31 days;
- August, with 31 days;
- September, with 30 days;
- October, with 31 days;
- November, with 30 days;
- December, with 31 days.
One mnemonic for remembering the lengths of the months is to hold up your two fists with the index knuckle of your left hand against the index knuckle of your right hand. Then, starting with January from the little knuckle of your left hand, count knuckle, space, knuckle, space through the months. A knuckle represents a month of 31 days, and a space represents a short month.
Another one is:
In Egyptian mythology, Month is an alternate spelling for Menthu, which see for more details.
- Thirty days hath September,
- April, June, and November;
- All the rest have thirty-one,
- Excepting February alone,
- Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine,
- Till leap year make it twenty-nine.
- See also times from 1 megasecond to 10 megaseconds
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Month."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Regularity of recurrence Periodicity | Rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday; months of the year; January; feast, fast; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day; Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide. |
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Screenplays | What? Three months at Gitmo, and you've never had a meal (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Not in months, I don't know why I bought the damn place (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss) I ran for three years, five months, and two days (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) He served 6 months in Chino for exposing himself to an eight year old. (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) You cracked the code ! Six months, and you come up with it out of the blue (Hollow Man; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson; Andrew W. Marlowe) | |
Lyrics | Two months of conversation (Uh Huh; performing artist: B2K) For the ring you wore proudly three months from now (Thank U In Advance; performing artist: Boyz II Men) I was just passin' through, must be seven months or more (LODI; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) Months went by with us pretending (Wasting My Time; performing artist: Default) I was a baby maybe I was just a coupla months (Cleanin' Out My Closet; performing artist: Eminem) | |
Clever | Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case (references; author: unknown) The way to make the cold winter go fast is to sign a note in October that becomes due in six months. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Part 3: Debbie and Robert: 12-24 Months Child (1974) Nine Months to Freedom: The Story of Bangladesh (1972) Six Months to Live (1915) Twelve Months After (1898) 19 Months (2002) | |
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 | The patient is a 53 year old woman with metastatic melanoma to multiple subcutaneous sites and retroperitoneum. She was treated with tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) transduced with the gene for tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Pretreatment biopsy shows multiple live melanoma cells with little lymphoid infiltrate. Following treatment with TNF gene modified TILs plus interleukin-2, a biopsy of another lesion showed massive coagulative necrosis of the tumor with no viable tumor seen. This is a typical picture seen in experimental animals treated with tumor necrosis factor. This patient has had a substantial objective response that is currently ongoing at nine months following initiation of treatment. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Dysplastic nevus evolving into malignant melanoma. This 40-year-old female member of a melanoma-prone family had a cluster of moles located on her back (a), which were believed to represent dysplastic nevi and were photographed to facilitate subsequent follow-up. When reexamined 18 months later, the upper dysplastic nevus (arrow) had developed a new 3-mm black nodule (shown in this slide), which proved to be invasive malignant melanoma arising in a dysplastic nevus. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Ultrasound image of fetus at four months. Credit: CDC. |  | Getting ready to weigh a spotted seal pup - Phoca largha Pup was about 2 months old. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | The fishing fleet at Ketchikan. Ketchikan was then the greatest fishing center on the Pacific Coast. Fishing in Alaska then accounted for 80 percent of all employment with most activity limited to the summer months. F&WS C-1191. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Two months after the female loggerhead sea turtles nest on the beaches within Canaveral National Seashore, 80-100 baby sea turtles emerge from each nest and make their way to the ocean. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Noah White, the Antarctic radio operator, takes a well-deserved rest. Homeward bound after 12 months at the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Ardo X. Meyer, traverse navigator and geomagnetic observer, celebrating at South Pole Station after completing traverse and two months on the ice cap. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Photo #2. Compare this cross-section to the previous image. Notice the greater width of the outer band. This is because the first cross-section was from a bluefin tuna caught in June while the second was from a tuna caught in November. The wider area represents a long period of high food intake during summer/ autumn months. These images are greatly magnified. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Dead surf clams and other invertebrates after the spill. Sampling to determine mortality and other information about the animals killed during the spill lasted 4-5 months. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
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| "Soap dish" by Braden Hays Commentary: "From shower series i took a few months ago." | "Donna's eyelashes" by Marlon Bruin Commentary: "My sister's daughter, only a few months old. She looks much older though." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Dryden | Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. |
John Donne | Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time. |
Oscar Wilde | Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. |
Phyllis Diller | We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. |
Walter Matthau | My doctor gave me six months to live but when I couldn't pay the bill, he gave me six months more. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | They shall begin to run again at earliest three months after the coming into force of the present Treaty. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | The Agreement which was made at Yalta, to which I was a party, was extremely favorable to Soviet Russia, but it was made at a time when no one could say that the German war might not extend all through the summer and autumn of 1945 and when the Japanese war was expected to last for a further 18 months from the end of the German war. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | The curriculum was usually rudimentary; ungraded schools were common in rural areas; the school term was but three months a year in many states; and compulsory school attendance was virtually unknown. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Two months must bring it to the proof |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | It was sad to return to the place, and to feel that I should never again see the glad smile of welcome, that had awaited me here so few months ago. |
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe | Douglas Adams | Zaphod screamed a diminished fifth himself, dropped his light and sat heavily on the floor, or rather on a body which had been lying there undisturbed for six months and which reacted to being sat on by exploding with great violence |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | In some months of the year, however, there often chances a forenoon when affairs move onward with a livelier tread |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It lacked two months. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Married four months. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I stayed three months in this country out of perfect obedience to his Majesty, who was pleased highly to favor me, and made me very honorable offers |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | After soaking two years and then lying high six months it was perfectly sound, though waterlogged past drying |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Trimester — A period of 3 months. (references) | |
In rabies, it is usually 1-3 months. (references) | ||
Most people are treated for 4 months. (references) | ||
Business | The certificate is valid for six months. (references) | |
Men wear stylish medium weight wool suits during the winter months. (references) | ||
Users who later wish to change suppliers may do so after two months. (references) | ||
Children | Georgia | The staff was paid poorly, and wages were many months in arrears. (references) |
Turkey | Only approximately 40 percent of children aged 12 to 23 months are immunized fully. (references) | |
Switzerland | The mother's jail term was extended by another 3 months for abandonment and negligent homicide. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Colombia | Angulo was held for 5 months. (references) |
Turkey | He was sentenced to 16 months in prison. (references) | |
Morocco | The manager, Ali Amar, received a sentence of 2 months. (references) | |
Economic History | Indonesia | This licensing process can take months. (references) |
Nigeria | Available within 3-4 months of confirmed request. (references) | |
Afghanistan | Burhanuddin Rabbani, was to be set up for 4 months. (references) | |
Human Rights | Niger | Detention often lasts months or years. (references) |
Turkmenistan | Relatives may bring food once every 2 months. (references) | |
Kuwait | Some detainees have been held for up to 6 months. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Russia | The principal problems for indigenous people are the distribution of necessary supplies and services, particularly in the winter months for those who live in the far north, and disputed claims to profits from exploitation of natural resources. (references) |
Minorities | Poland | It replaced a plaque that stated Germans alone were responsible, which was removed several months earlier. (references) |
Mexico | Water service to the evangelical families, disrupted for months by local leaders, was restored in late August. (references) | |
Political Economy | Russia | GDP was $224.3 billion for the first 11 months of the year. (references) |
TUNISIA | At $1.9 billion this provides nearly three months import cover. (references) | |
RUSSIA | Monetary base growth over the first nine months reflects the same fact. (references) | |
Political Rights | Singapore | Elections must be held within 3 months of Parliament's dissolution. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | In 1997 the Government and 13 political parties promulgated a revised national pact following 3 months of debate. (references) | |
Burundi | On November 1, President Buyoya was sworn in as president for the first 18 months of the 3-year transitional period. (references) | |
Trade | Venezuela | This entire procedure can take several weeks or even months. (references) |
Sri Lanka | SLPA's warehouse can be used for a maximum period of six months. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | Temporary entry admittance is granted for a period of three (3) months. (references) | |
Travel | Poland | Permits are issued for up to 12 months. (references) |
Qatar | The summer months are very hot and humid. (references) | |
Mexico | It will rain occasionally in other months. (references) | |
Women | Togo | Both were released after serving 2 months in jail. (references) |
Pakistan | A husband legally is bound to maintain his wife until 3 months after the divorce. (references) | |
Yugoslavia | Women are granted maternity leave for 1 year, with an additional 6 months available. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Uruguay | Most complaints are resolved within a few months. (references) |
Burma | Thirty workers were detained, many for up to 3 months. (references) | |
Zambia | Also in February, nurses started a strike that lasted for several months. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HIBERNATE, v.i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many believe that the bear hibernates during the whole winter and subsists by mechanically sucking its paws. It is admitted that it comes out of its retirement in the spring so lean that it had to try twice before it can cast a shadow. Three or four centuries ago, in England, no fact was better attested than that swallows passed the winter months in the mud at the bottom of their brooks, clinging together in globular masses. They have apparently been compelled to give up the custom and account of the foulness of the brooks. Sotus Ecobius discovered in Central Asia a whole nation of people who hibernate. By some investigators, the fasting of Lent is supposed to have been originally a modified form of hibernation, to which the Church gave a religious significance; but this view was strenuously opposed by that eminent authority, Bishop Kip, who did not wish any honors denied to the memory of the Founder of his family. |
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Alexander Benedetto | They're six months down the road and realize, wow, what a mistake we've made. How are we going to get out of this one. In walks Mr. Plant. |
Dennis Miller | You have to admit phone sex has gotten a lot hotter in recent months. |
Laura Bush | We discussed early on, months ago what we wanted the Christmas to be like, and I thought this would be a really pretty hallway. |
Laura Schlessinger | When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going. |
Matthew Perry | I do, but I think in the last maybe six or seven months of my life, I've become a person that deserves somebody wonderful and isn't scared of that any more. |
Michael Nader | Well, for nine months I assumed that I would be resting in my recovery, which was a gift. And me going back on the show, as I understand it still, Dimitri is on a business trip. |
Rush Limbaugh | Employees deserve at least three months off in addition to their vacation, sick-time and personal days. |
Trisha Meili | I'll tell you, that was something else. That was about five months after. I was still at Gaylord, but I went back to New York City on a weekend. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | But it will not do to look back, and if the present opportunity is slipped, I am persuaded that twelve months more will Increase our difficulties fourfold. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I concur with him entirely in the view he has taken on the subject, and some months before the removal I urged upon the Department the propriety of taking that step. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In a few months the same situation will exist in the Pacific. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Our overriding obligation in the months ahead is to fulfill the world's hopes by fulfilling our own faith. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | This last few months has not been an easy time for any of us. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | The economy will face difficult moments in the months ahead. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | For more than five months we, along with the Arab League, the European Community and the United Nations, tried every diplomatic avenue. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Recent months have brought serious financial problems to Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, and beyond. |
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| "MONTHS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.96% of the time. "MONTHS" is used about 24,792 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.96% | 24,783 | 343 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.04% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24,792 | N/A |
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Expressions using "MONTHS": Calendar months ♦ for months ♦ go on for months ♦ gross international reserves in months of imports ♦ she is nine months gone ♦ six months ♦ six months old ♦ three months ♦ two months at most. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "MONTHS": months-by, months-long, months-old, months-worth. | |
Ending with "MONTHS": five-months, six-months, three-months. | |
Containing "MONTHS": eight-months-old, nine-months-old, three-months-long, three-months-old. | |
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| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MONTHS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | maande. (various references) | |
Albanian | muajt. (various references) | |
Basque | hilabeteak. (various references) | |
Breton | mizioù. (various references) | |
Catalan | mesos. (various references) | |
Chinese | 數月 (several months), 十幾個月 (about ten months, ten months or so). (various references) | |
Croatian | mjeseci. (various references) | |
Czech | mìsíce. (various references) | |
Danish | måneder. (various references) | |
Dutch | uiterlijk zes maanden na deze vaststelling (within six months of such determination), stofdeeltjes, die door sedimentatie of brownbeweging in de diepst gelegen delen van de longen worden afgezet, dus daar, waar de wand van de luchtwegen niet met trilhaarepitheel is bedekt, kunnen daar vele maanden aanwezig blijven (particles can linger for months when deposited at the base of the lungs by sedimentation or Brownian movement - a place where the wall of the respiratory passages is not lined with ciliated epithelium), ontwikkeling = voortschrijdend driemaandelijks gemiddelde (trend = moving average over 3 months), in dagen,weken,maanden of jaren omschreven termijn (months or years, period expressed in days, weeks), dit beroep moet worden ingesteld binnen twee maanden (the proceedings shall be instituted within two months), dienstmaanden (months of service), bruto internationale reserves in maanden invoer (gross international reserves in months of imports). (various references) | |
Esperanto | monatoj. (various references) | |
Estonian | kuud. (various references) | |
Finnish | kuukaudet. (various references) | |
Flemish | maanden. (various references) | |
French | trimestre (three months), tendance moyenne mobile sur 3 mois (trend = moving average over 3 months), réserves internationales brutes en mois d'importations (gross international reserves in months of imports), les poids des monnaies entrant dans la composition de l'ECU feront l'objet d'un réexamen et, au besoin, d'une révision dans un délai de six mois à compter de l'entrée en vigueur du système et par la suite tous les cinq ans ou, sur demande, si le poi (the weights of currencies in the ECU will be re-examined and if necessary revised within six months of the entry into force of the system and thereafter every five years or), les particules dont la déposition dans les profondeurs des poumons se fait par sédimentation ou par diffusion brownienne /mouvement brownien/ peuvent séjourner pendant des mois à l'endroit où la paroi des voies respiratoires n'est pas pourvue d'un é (particles can linger for months when deposited at the base of the lungs by sedimentation or Brownian movement - a place where the wall of the respiratory passages is not lined with ciliated epithelium), la rubrique titres à court terme regroupe les créances à échéance rapprochée,normalement 12 mois,2 ans maximum,représentées par des titres destinés à circuler,dont la valeur nominale,déterminée à l'origine,est exprimée par une somme ronde et (usually up to 12 months), délai exprimé en jours,en semaines,en mois ou en années (months or years), ces recours doivent être formés dans un délai de deux mois (the proceedings shall be instituted within two months), au plus tard six mois après cette détermination (within six months of such determination), anciennetés mensuelles (months of service), à l'issue d'un délai de six mois, ces dispositions doivent être réexaminées à la lumière de l'expérience acquise. Les questions relatives aux disparités qui auraient été constituées par des pays créditeurs ou débiteurs dont les monnaies dive (after six months these provisions shall be reviewed in the light of experience. At that date the questions regarding imbalances accumulated by divergent creditor or debtor countries will be studied as well). (various references) | |
French Canadian | mois. (various references) | |
Galician | meses. (various references) | |
German | Monate (monthes). (various references) | |
Greek | μήνες. (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | mwa. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hónapjai. (various references) | |
Icelandic | mánuðir. (various references) | |
Irish | míonna. (various references) | |
Italian | trimestre (quarter, session, term, three months, three-month period, trimester), termine espresso in giorni,in settimane,in mesi o in anni (months or years, period expressed in days, weeks), tendenza media mobile su 3 mesi (trend = moving average over 3 months), riserve internazionali lorde in mesi di importazioni (gross international reserves in months of imports), questi ricorsi devono essere proposti nel termine di due mesi (the proceedings shall be instituted within two months), non più tardi di sei mesi dopo tale decisione (within six months of such determination), le particelle - il cui deposito nelle profondità polmonari avviene per sedimentazione o per moto browniano - possono rimanere per mesi in spazi dove la parete delle vie respiratorie è sprovvista di epitelio ciliato (particles can linger for months when deposited at the base of the lungs by sedimentation or Brownian movement - a place where the wall of the respiratory passages is not lined with ciliated epithelium), anzianità mensili (months of service). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 箇月 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かげつ (bright moon, good month, -months). (various references) | |
Luganda | emyezi. (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | méint. (various references) | |
Norwegian | måneder. (various references) | |
Pidgin English | months. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onthsmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | meses. (various references) | |
Romanian | lunile (the months), cel mult douã luni (two months at most). (various references) | |
Russian | через несколько месяцев (in a few months), месяцы (odd months), имеющие 31 день (odd months). (various references) | |
Scottish | mìosan. (various references) | |
Slovene | meseci. (various references) | |
Somali | bilaha. (various references) | |
Sotho | dikgwedi. (various references) | |
Spanish | meses (monthes), los meses. (various references) | |
Swahili | miezi. (various references) | |
Swedish | tjänstemånader (months of service), talan skall väckas inom två månader (the proceedings shall be instituted within two months), inom sex månader efter detta avgörande (within six months of such determination), halvårsgammal (six months old), halvår (half year, six months). (various references) | |
Tswana | dikgwedi. (various references) | |
Turkish | aylar. (various references) | |
Xhosa | iinyanga. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Meta de treiV mhnaV anhcqhmen en ploiw parakeceimakoti en th nhsw alexandrinw parashmw dioskouroiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Post menses autem tres navigavimus in nave alexandrina quae in insula hiemaverat cui erat insigne Castorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And after thre monethis we schippiden in a schip of Alisaundre, that hadde wyntrid in the ile, to which was an excellent singne of Castours. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | After thre monethes we departed in a ship of Alexandry which had wyntred in the yle whose badge was Castor and Pollux. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 11 |
| Albanian | Pas tre muajsh u nisëm me një anije të Aleksandrisë, që kishte dimëruar në ishull dhe që kishte si shenjë Dioskurët. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Tapus sa tulo ka bulan kami nanggikan sakay sa usa ka sakayan nga nagpalabay sa tingtugnaw niadtong dapita, sakayan nga taga-Alejandria nga may bansiwag nga dagway sa Kaluhang Lalaki. |
| Croatian | Nakon tri mjeseca otplovismo aleksandrijskom laðom koja je prezimila na otoku i imala za znak Dioskure. |
| Danish | Men efter tre Måneders Forløb sejlede vi da bort i et aleksandrinsk Skib, som havde haft Vinterleje ved Øen og førte Tvillingernes Mærke. |
| Dutch | En na drie maanden voeren wij af in een schip van Alexandrie, dat in het eiland overwinterd had, hebbende tot een teken, Kastor en Pollux. |
| Finnish | Kolmen kuukauden kuluttua me purjehdimme sieltä aleksandrialaisessa laivassa, joka oli talvehtinut saarella ja jolla oli merkkinä Kastorin ja Polluksin kuva. |
| French | Après un séjour de trois mois, nous nous embarquâmes sur un navire d`Alexandrie, qui avait passé l`hiver dans l`île, et qui portait pour enseigne les Dioscures. |
| German | Nach drei Monaten aber fuhren wir aus in einem Schiffe von Alexandrien, welches bei der Insel überwintert hatte und hatte ein Panier der Zwillinge. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Apre twa mwa, nou pati nan yon batiman Aleksandri ki te pase tout tan fredi a nan lil la. Yo te rele batiman an Marasa. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sesudah tiga bulan di sana, kami berangkat dari pulau itu naik sebuah kapal dari Aleksandria yang selama musim dingin berlabuh di pulau itu. Kapal itu memakai lambang "Dewa Kembar Kastor dan Poluks". |
| Latvian | Pçc trim mçneðiem mçs aizbraucâm Aleksandrijas kuìî, kas pârziemoja salâ un kam bija Kastora zîme. |
| Maori | ¶ A muri iho i nga marama e toru, ka rere matou i runga i tetahi kaipuke o Arehanaria, i tu nei ki taua motu i te hotoke, ko Katoro raua ko Poruku te tohu. |
| Rumanian | Dupq o wedere de trei luni, am pornit cu o corabie din Alexandria, care iernase kn ostrov wi care purta semnul Dioscurilor. |
| Russian | юЕТЕЪ ФТЙ НЕУСГБ НЩ ПФРМЩМЙ ОБ бМЕЛУБОДТЙКУЛПН ЛПТБВМЕ, ОБЪЩЧБЕНПН дЙПУЛХТЩ, ЪЙНПЧБЧЫЕН ОБ ФПН ПУФТПЧЕ, |
| Shuar | ¶ Ii wétsuk Nú nunkanam Menaintiú nantu pujusmiaji. Tura Nuyá Chíkich kanunam enkempramiaji. Nu kanusha Arijiántrianmaya yaunchu tau Menaintiú nantu yumi Yútakui nui pujumiayi. Nú kanu nujiin numi-yus najankamu Jímiar ekemiarmiayi, ni Náarinkia Kástur tura Púruks. |
| Swahili | Baada ya miezi mitatu tulianza tena safari yetu kwa meli moja ya Aleksandria iitwayo "Miungu Pacha". Meli hiyo ilikuwa imetia nanga kisiwani wakati wote wa baridi. |
| Swedish | Då tre månader voro förlidna, avseglade vi på ett skepp som hade legat vid ön över vintern; det var från Alexandria och bar Tvillinggudarnas bilder. |
| Uma | ¶ Hono' -makai tolu mula hi lewuto' Malta, me'ongko' wo'o-makai mpohawi' kapal to ngkai Aleksandria. Kapal toe mahae-imi-hana mento'o hi lewuto' mpeka'au katimpaliu-na tempo lengi'. Hanga' kapal toe, Anitu Moropa'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "MONTHS": midmonths, twelvemonths. (additional references) | |
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"MONTHS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Monchs, monthe, monthes, Monthu, monthy, montis, monts, Montsho, monty, mooths, Msonthi, mynths. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "MONTHS" (pronounced mu"nths) |
| 3 | -n th s | billionths, hyacinths, ninths, sevenths, sixteenths, tenths, thirteenths. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-m-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: month, moths. | |
-2 letters: hons, host, hots, mhos, mons, mosh, most, moth, mots, noms, nosh, ohms, shmo, shot, snot, soth, toms, tons, tosh. | |
-3 letters: hon, hot, mho, mon, mos, mot, noh, nom, nos, not, nth, ohm, ohs, oms, ons, som, son, sot, tho, tom, ton. | |
-4 letters: hm, ho, mo, no, oh, om, on, os, sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-m-n-o-s-t" | |
+2 letters: hindmost, manihots, menthols, moonshot, phantoms, smoothen, thymosin. | |
+3 letters: himations, hometowns, horsemint, hypnotism, macintosh, marathons, methadons, methanols, midmonths, misthrown, monoliths, monteiths, monthlies, moonshots, smoothens, smoothing, something, songsmith, thermions, thrombins, thymosins, townhomes, xanthomas. | |
+4 letters: chromatins, endotherms, handsomest, henotheism, heteronyms, horsemints, hypnotisms, mackintosh, malathions, mentorship, methadones, millionths, monarchist, monotheism, monotheist, moonlights, muttonfish, nethermost, outshaming, smoothened, smoothness, smothering, songsmiths, stenotherm, stomaching, symphonist, theonomies, theonomous, unsmoothed. | |
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