{
    "term": "month",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "any of the twelve periods of time into which the year is divided, for example May or June",
            "sensetop": "a/per month",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The months of July and August are the hottest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "May and June are the two wettest months of the year in Nebraska."
                },
                {
                    "text": "during the summer/winter months"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're moving house **next month**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Last month** I went on a school trip to Germany."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We got married two **months ago**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She earns $2 000 a month.",
                    "contextForm": "a/per month"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rent is £800 per month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you read this month's ‘Physics World’?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prices continue to rise **month after month** *(= over a period of several months)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her anxiety mounted **month by month** *(= as each month passed)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our money's usually running low by this time of the month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Performances were banned for the entire month of June."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The festival is always held in the month of May."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This has been a record month for sales."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What does the salary work out as per month?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Winning stories will be published in the magazine in future months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "paid by the month"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Muslim holy month of Ramadan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the early months of 2024"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["last", "past", "preceding"],
                "verb + month": ["spend", "take", "wait"],
                "month + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"],
                "preposition": [
                    "by the month",
                    "during a/​the month of",
                    "in a/​the month of"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the months leading up to something", "time of the month"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a period of about 30 days, for example, 3 June to 3 July",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The baby is three months old."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a three-month-old baby"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They lived in Toronto during their first few months of marriage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **past few months** have been hectic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "several months later"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a six-month contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a month-long strike"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He visits Paris once or twice a month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**In recent months** the company has launched three new products."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spent about a month decorating the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children between one and 24 months of age were eligible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I waited two months for them to reply to my email."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've been working on the illustration for over a month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In just a few short months he was promoted to manager."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Laura is in the final months of pregnancy with her first child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've been here five whole months now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're getting married in a month/​in a month's time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To occupy the intervening months she took a temporary job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The President was involved in discussions in the months leading up to the war."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["last", "past", "preceding"],
                "verb + month": ["spend", "take", "wait"],
                "month + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"],
                "preposition": [
                    "by the month",
                    "during a/​the month of",
                    "in a/​the month of"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the months leading up to something", "time of the month"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a long time, especially a period of several months",
            "sensetop": "for months",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had to wait for months for the visas to come through."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It will be months before we get the results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It took months to find another job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It hasn't rained for months.",
                    "contextForm": "for months"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["last", "past", "preceding"],
                "verb + month": ["spend", "take", "wait"],
                "month + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"],
                "preposition": [
                    "by the month",
                    "during a/​the month of",
                    "in a/​the month of"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the months leading up to something", "time of the month"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or thing that is very popular at a particular time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Environmental issues are no longer the flavour of the month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’m not exactly flavour of the month around here at the moment."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that something will never happen or will take a very long time",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is possible to learn to skydive in Britain, but with our weather it might take a month of Sundays to do it."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mʌnθ/",
                "audio": "mo/month/month__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mʌnθ/",
                "audio": "mo/month/month__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English mōnath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maand and German Monat, also to moon."
}