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.

calendar

January

Year's opening month

May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December · Gregorian · Julian

pregnancy

trimester

Thirteen-week span

expecting · fetal · ultrasound · maternity · conception · term · premature · delivery · baby · showing

recurrence

recurring

Happening repeatedly over time

repeated · billing · subscription · installment · payment · rent · salary · menstrual · ovulation · routine

seasons

spring

Recoiling metal spiral

fall · equinox · solstice · harvest · bloom · frost · thaw · monsoon · rainy · dry

duration

weeks

Seven-day periods

  • daysTwenty-four-hour spans
  • yearsTwelve-month spans
  • spanDistance between endpoints

period · term · stretch · interval · length · timeline · countdown · elapsed · remaining · passing

milestones

anniversary

Recurring memorial date

baby · toddler · developmental · growth · first steps · teething · weaning · tracker · progress · stages

waiting

anticipation

State of awaiting something

upcoming · expected · soon · finally · overdue · delayed · prolonged · lengthy · enduring · interim

Categories
Opposites
time unit scale

monthsmoments

Short spans of time

instants · millennia · eons · milliseconds · nanoseconds

Phrases
Family

month, monthly, bimonthly, monthlong, monthlies, month of Sundays, semimonthly, monthslong

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G