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August

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

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  • proper noun The eighth month of the Gregorian calendar, following July and preceding September. Abbreviation: Aug or Aug.
  • proper noun A male given name, variant of Augustus borrowed from continental Europe.
  • proper noun A female given name derived from the month (rare modern usage).

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old English, from Latin (mēnsis) Augustus, (month) of Augustus, after Augustus.]

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Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus ("month of August"), from the agnomen Augustus ("venerable") of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos, increase, from Proto-Indo-European base *aug-, to increase; or Latin avis ("bird"), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails, from Proto-Indo-European *awi-, bird; + Latin garrire ("to chatter"), from Proto-Indo-European base *gar-/*ger-, to cry, of imitative origin

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Examples

  • [August descries September toiling across the lawn.] _August.

    Poems Christina Georgina Rossetti 1862

  • - San Manual Amphitheatre August 02, 2009 - Tucson, AZ - Anselmo Valencia Center August 04,

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • The term "August story" has special meaning in the language called newspaperese.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • Global chip sales rose 1.8% in August from a month earlier despite more signs of a slowing economy, the sixth-straight period of month-to-month growth, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

    Global Chip Sales Rise Tess Stynes 2010

  • Sales at Costco locations open a year or more rose 5% in August from the prior year; at rival BJ's Wholesale Corp. they rose just 1.9%.

    Reasons to Be Wary of Warehouse Chains Kelly Evans 2010

  • Industrial output dropped 0.3% in August from the previous month, missing forecasts for a 1.1% rise, the government said Thursday.

    Industrial Output Dropped 3% in August Andrew Monahan 2010

  • Industrial output dropped 0.3% in August from the previous month, missing forecasts for a 1.1% rise.

    World Watch 2010

  • BERLIN — German industrial production increased 1.7% in August from the previous month, the economics ministry said Thursday, beating expectations and adding to evidence that the country's economy is recovering at a steady pace.

    German Industrial Output Beats Expectations Patrick McGroarty 2010

  • Taiwan's exports rose 26.6% in August from a year earlier, a slowdown from July's 38.5% increase but still strong.

    Taiwan Raises Rates, Gingerly Paul Mozur 2010

  • While exports to the U.S. rose only 8.8% in August from a year earlier, to 776.1 billion yen, exports to China — Japan's largest trading partner — rose 18.5% to 1.048 trillion yen, and exports to Asia as a whole were up 18.6% at 3.053 trillion yen.

    Japan Plans Stimulus as Export Growth Slows Takashi Nakamichi 2010

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forms (6)

Forms

  1. August Bank Holiday
  2. August Coup
  3. August Moon Festival
  4. August Penguin
  5. August plum
  6. august

relateds (9)

relateds

  1. Augustal
  2. Augustan
  3. Augustean
  4. Augustin
  5. Augustine
  6. Augustinian
  7. Augustus
  8. augusteity
  9. augustious

rhymes (2)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Aug
  2. auguste

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