Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The second month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The second month of the year, containing twenty-eight days in ordinary years and twenty-nine in leap-years. See
bissextile .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The second
month of theGregorian calendar , followingJanuary and precedingMarch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the month following January and preceding March
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Adding to the stress, 46% of business owners have met their capital needs by slicing their own pay, according to a survey of 1,000 small business owners out in February from the University of Maryland and Web services company Network Solutions.
Month 2: For business owners, finances are on their minds 2010
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The Yellow Sea coast of Korea in February is a place of sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds and the little junk set out northward in 14-below-zero weather.
JACK LONDON'S WAR 2010
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The lead inspector overseeing the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the inquiry into the allegations, which were dismissed in February, is being revisited to look at manager misconduct.
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Carnival, a days-long festival that Haiti celebrates each year in February, is known for fantastic costumes that celebrate death and dark rituals, among other things.
Halloween, Haitian Style Arden Dale 2010
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A three hundred dollar electric bill for a house that only has two reasonably warm rooms in February is a bit of a hardship for people who need housing assistance.
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This escapes me – Hannity and Inhofe think snow in February in Virginia is, somehow, ample reason to debunk global climate change, but the absence of snow in Vancouver in February is not?
Think Progress » McCain Backs Down To Hannity: ‘I Never Quite Understood’ Global Warming 2010
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I don't know how anyone thinks that releasing a big blockbuster in February is a path to success, because almost every February release is always an instant failure.
Bryan Singer's Valkyrie Reshooting Three More Scenes « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Do you realize that Patzcuaro in February is the middle of winter and it's damn cold.
Page 3 2007
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Do you realize that Patzcuaro in February is the middle of winter and it's damn cold.
Page 3 2007
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Do you realize that Patzcuaro in February is the middle of winter and it's damn cold.
Page 3 2007
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