months
Calendar's dozen units
Months is the plural of month, a unit of time roughly corresponding to one cycle of the moon—about thirty days.
The calendar year divides into twelve months of varying lengths.
It took months to finish the project.
In the plural, months often emphasizes duration: I haven't seen her in months.
Year's opening month
- FebruarySecond month, often shortest
- MarchYear's third month
- AprilYear's fourth month
- MayYear's fifth month
June · July · August · September · October · November · December · Gregorian
Thirteen-week span
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- prenatalBefore birth
- due dateWhen payment is required
- expectingAwaiting a predicted outcome
fetal · ultrasound · maternity · conception · term · premature · delivery · baby
Happening repeatedly over time
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- periodicOccurring at intervals
- repeatedDone or said again
billing · subscription · installment · payment · rent · salary · menstrual · ovulation
Recoiling metal spiral
- summerYear's warmest season
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- fallDescend under gravity
equinox · solstice · harvest · bloom · frost · thaw · monsoon · rainy
Seven-day periods
- daysTwenty-four-hour spans
- yearsTwelve-month spans
- spanDistance between endpoints
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
term · stretch · interval · length · timeline · countdown · elapsed · remaining
January
Year's opening month
May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December · Gregorian · Julian
trimester
Thirteen-week span
expecting · fetal · ultrasound · maternity · conception · term · premature · delivery · baby · showing
recurring
Happening repeatedly over time
repeated · billing · subscription · installment · payment · rent · salary · menstrual · ovulation · routine
spring
Recoiling metal spiral
fall · equinox · solstice · harvest · bloom · frost · thaw · monsoon · rainy · dry
weeks
Seven-day periods
period · term · stretch · interval · length · timeline · countdown · elapsed · remaining · passing
anniversary
Recurring memorial date
baby · toddler · developmental · growth · first steps · teething · weaning · tracker · progress · stages
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- patienceCalm during delays
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
upcoming · expected · soon · finally · overdue · delayed · prolonged · lengthy · enduring · interim
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- Calendar Wordsdays, weeks, seasons, weekdays, holiday
- calendarscalendar, calendar day, calendar year, lunar calendar, almanac
- extended periodyear, decade, century, millennium, era
- Language Lessonsgrammar rules, verb conjugation, basic vocabulary, grammar practice, pronunciation guides
- sky and timesun, moon, stars, planets, comet
monthsmoments
Short spans of time
instants · millennia · eons · milliseconds · nanoseconds
- next monthThe upcoming calendar period
- last monthThe preceding calendar period
- monthly billsPeriodic charges due regularly
- once a month
- time of the monthMenstrual phase
- flavor of the monthPassing popular preference
month, monthly, bimonthly, monthlong, monthlies, month of Sundays, semimonthly, monthslong