Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Respected and dignified: synonym: grand.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Inspiring reverence and admiration; majestic; solemnly grand or stately; sublime; magnificent; imposing.
- Venerable; worshipful; eminent. =
- noun The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days, reckoned the first month of autumn in Great Britain, but the last of summer in the United States. See
month . - To make brown or sunburnt. Evelyn.
- To ripen; bring to fruition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
- adjective Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Noble ,venerable ,majestic ,awe-inspiring , often of the highest social class (sometimes used ironically). - adjective Of noble birth.
- verb To make ripe
- verb To bring to realisation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or befitting a lord
- noun the month following July and preceding September
- adjective profoundly honored
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To my english ear it all sounds fine and authentic unlike the snow in august a few years ago (less said about taht the better …; -)
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As you can see in august our user visited nearly18 times a month compared to 4. 2 at eharmony.
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Can´t wait for Cabals book which will be released in august ...
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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Aww i wanted Peter, Kellan, rob, kristen come to florida in august for my birthday
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Wait till the Democrats get health care passed-and they will/must-and the climate bill passed and obama gets the soldiers home from iraq in august – our numbers will go back up!!
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February 24, 2010 at 6: 49 PM htc desire, be here in august same specs as Nexus one.
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I picked up a fawn in august that had died much earlier.
Racks From The Dead 2009
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Randy the recession started in august of 2007 and and Bush grew government by 35% you cant pin this, honestly on any one president.
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I picked up a fawn in august that had died much earlier.
Racks From The Dead 2009
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Q: i'm going to jamaica in august in the montego bay area and i want to fish out there anybody know if its worth it and where to go to do so
alguien commented on the word august
A pretty word when used as an adjective. An awkward-sounding word as a proper noun.
February 16, 2007
seanahan commented on the word august
As an adjective it sounds like "a gust".
February 16, 2007
tbtabby commented on the word august
I just encountered this word in a crostic puzzle. It was the first time I'd ever seen it used as an adjective. Why didn't they just use "Eighth month" as the clue?
August 11, 2017