A month is a way to divide a year into twelve parts. Each month has about thirty days. We use months to talk about time.
I will visit you next month.
This month has thirty days.
Month is used in everyday speech to talk about specific months by name or general time. It often appears in expressions about time of year.
She was born in the month of May.
Each month brings new challenges.
Month is used to talk about money paid every month. People talk about monthly rent, fees, or bills using this meaning.
The rent is due every month.
A month’s payment must be paid on time.
Month is used to measure how long a woman has been pregnant. Doctors count the months to track baby growth before birth.
She is seven months pregnant.
Babies grow each month in the womb.
People use month to talk about a long or hard time. It can be a way to say something took longer than expected.
It felt like months before he came home.
Waiting for news took many months.
In science, month sometimes means the time between one full moon and the next. It is slightly shorter than a calendar month.
A lunar month is about 29.5 days.
The moon changes shape every month.
