Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.
Wiktionary
- n. The eighth month of the Gregorian calendar, following July and preceding September. Abbreviation: Aug or Aug.
- n. A male given name, variant of Augustus borrowed from continental Europe.
- n. A female given name derived from the month (rare modern usage).
Etymologies
- 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-Indo-European base *aug-, to increase; or Latin avis ("bird"), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails, from Proto-Indo-European *awi-, bird; + Latin garrire ("to chatter"), from Proto-Indo-European base *gar-/*ger-, to cry, of imitative origin (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English, from Latin (mēnsis) Augustus, (month) of Augustus, after Augustus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“[August descries September toiling across the lawn.] _August.”
“- San Manual Amphitheatre August 02, 2009 - Tucson, AZ - Anselmo Valencia Center August 04,”
“The term "August story" has special meaning in the language called newspaperese.”
“Industrial output dropped 0.3% in August from the previous month, missing forecasts for a 1.1% rise, the government said Thursday.”
The Wall Street Journal: Industrial Output Dropped 3% in August
“Industrial output dropped 0.3% in August from the previous month, missing forecasts for a 1.1% rise.”
“Taiwan's exports rose 26.6% in August from a year earlier, a slowdown from July's 38.5% increase but still strong.”
“While exports to the U.S. rose only 8.8% in August from a year earlier, to 776.1 billion yen, exports to China — Japan's largest trading partner — rose 18.5% to 1.048 trillion yen, and exports to Asia as a whole were up 18.6% at 3.053 trillion yen.”
The Wall Street Journal: Japan Plans Stimulus as Export Growth Slows
“Sales at Costco locations open a year or more rose 5% in August from the prior year; at rival BJ's Wholesale Corp. they rose just 1.9%.”
The Wall Street Journal: Reasons to Be Wary of Warehouse Chains
“Global chip sales rose 1.8% in August from a month earlier despite more signs of a slowing economy, the sixth-straight period of month-to-month growth, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.”
“BERLIN — German industrial production increased 1.7% in August from the previous month, the economics ministry said Thursday, beating expectations and adding to evidence that the country's economy is recovering at a steady pace.”
The Wall Street Journal: German Industrial Output Beats Expectations
Lists
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Open List: What to Name Chained Bear'...
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Capitonyms or capitonyms
Capitonyms are, properly, words which change meaning and sound when they change case. This particular list may also erringly include words which change meaning, but not sound. These are improper. S...
Turkey, turkey, China, china, August, august, Bill, bill, Catholic, catholic, Ionic, ionic and 94 more...
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the beautiful names of creatures
Fletcher, Fiona, Marie, Rosemary, Olivia, Madeleine, Laurence, Olive, Clementine, Seraphine, Ophelia, Louise and 19 more...
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