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[ noun ] the month following July and preceding September

Synonyms

Aug

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

It is an amazing fact that in some species this will happen while the summer is still in_full_swing , for_instance , in August .

This may just be pride in my adopted State_of_Washington , but certainly I love to visit their mound cities near Yakima and Prosser in July or August , when the bees are in their most active period .

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

This was working by the end of August and giving satisfactory service .

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

Those persons who were lucky enough to see and hear the performance of his work at the Brest-Silevniov_Festival in August , 1916 , will certainly welcome his return to public notice ; and it is not unlikely that , even as the great Bach lay_dormant for so many years , so has the erudite , ingenious SalFininistas passed_through his `` purgatory '' of neglect .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Sometime on Saturday evening , August 22nd , while my family and I were dining at the Hostaria_dell_'Orso , in Rome , you jimmied a window of our home in Bucks_County , Pennsylvania , and let yourselves into the premises .

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[ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 551
3
[ adjective ] of or befitting a lord

Synonyms

lordly grand

Examples

"heir to a lordly fortune" "of august lineage"

Related terms

noble

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4371
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[ adjective ] profoundly honored

Synonyms

venerable revered

Examples

"revered holy men"

Related terms

honorable

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