Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first month of the year, according to present and the later Roman reckoning, consisting of thirty-one days. Abbreviated Jan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The first
month of theGregorian calendar , following theDecember of the previous year and precedingFebruary . Abbreviation:Jan orJan.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
Etymologies
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Examples
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January 25, 1560, in which the Duke curries favour with Francis II., and encloses his blank bond, un blanc scelle, offering to send his children to France. {280b} _On January_ 28, the Regent writes from Scotland to de
John Knox and the Reformation Andrew Lang 1878
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January hangs a guard in front of the fire, and opens to February, who appears with a bunch of snowdrops in her hand.] _January.
Poems Christina Georgina Rossetti 1862
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His new book, forthcoming in January, is "Lastingness: The Art of Old Age."
This revolution will not be copyedited Nicholas Delbanco 2010
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To be playing in January is pretty shocking for me.
Wild Card Weekend grrm 2010
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The Democratic caucus that will return to Capitol Hill in January is likely to be more liberal than before, after some of its most moderate and conservative members were wiped out Tuesday.
Once again, the electorate demanded a new start Karen Tumulty 2010
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In fact the mean temperture of Vancouver in January is 38 degrees making it the warmest city ever to hold a Winter Olympics.
Think Progress » After warmest January in history, Vancouver airlifts in snow for Winter Olympics. 2010
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I was a tourist visiting Fiji in January from the US, and loved your country.
Global Voices in English » Fiji: Bloggers debate media censorship 2009
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• Cartoonist Patrick O'Connor, who was laid off in January from the Los Angeles Daily News, is now providing illustrations for the op-ed page of the Los Angeles Times. (via The Daily Cartoonist) • Chuck Rozanski, owner of Mile High Comics, responds at length to recent accusations on Examiner. com that the Colorado retail chain has "lost touch with comic fans."
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Your garlic in January is just about as crazy as the peas growing in my garden in October!
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The resurrected version of the venerable soul food restaurant which closed in January, is nearby and on a grander scale.
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