August
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
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The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
proper noun
- 1
The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
Holonyms: calendar year; year
The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
Trump’s July 8 announcement of a 50% tariff on copper imports beginning August 1 sent prices surging 13% in one day, up to a record high of $5.69 per pound.
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archaicA female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).
August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.
AUGUST[ 2017]: [Mark] Zuckerberg and [Priscilla] Chan's second daughter, August, is born.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Latin augustus Latin Augustusder. Old English Augustusder. Middle English Augustder. English August 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-Italic *augos, from Proto-Indo-European base *h₂ewg- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre (“to chatter”). Doublet of august and Augustus.
proper noun
- 1
A male given name from Latin.
Thirteen year old August is the eldest; he begins to pull the kite downward. Like his sister and brother, June and July, he has been named after the month in which he was born.
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A surname from Latin.
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A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
Etymology
In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common German given name August, from Latin Augustus.
Forms
- plural
- Augusts
August · The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
Augustine · A male given name from Latin, notably borne by Saint…Augustus · The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar…aunt · The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.