Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fourth month of the year, containing thirty days.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The fourth month of the year.
- noun Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.
- noun one who is sportively imposed upon by others on the first day of April.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The fourth
month of theGregorian calendar , followingMarch and precedingMay . Abbreviation: Apr orApr. - proper noun A female
given name for somebody born in April; used since early 20th century.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the month following March and preceding May
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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•April Fool's Day, April 1, 2009 is 04 / 01 / 2009, or 4012009, which has
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Semana Santa (April ~April 3 - 12, Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday), which is Mexico's second largest holiday.
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April comes along singing, and stands outside and out of sight to finish her song.] _April.
Poems Christina Georgina Rossetti 1862
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April, without entering the cottage, hangs over the hungry nestlings watching them.] _April.
Poems Christina Georgina Rossetti 1862
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IV. iii.41 (352,6) To the April day again] That is, _to the wedding day_, called by the poet, satirically, _April day_, or _fool's day_.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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The cancellation of an invitation to speak to a legitimate campus group at Wyoming in April is a case in point.
Class Conflict 2010
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The cancellation of an invitation to speak to a legitimate campus group at Wyoming in April is a case in point.
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Looking at the success rate of Senate predictions made in April is a sobering experience.
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The open streams API launched in April is a significant example.
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Consumer prices rose 2.8 percent in April from a year earlier, the fastest pace in 18 months, and property prices jumped 12.8 percent, the statistics bureau said in statements today.
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