Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The ninth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The ninth month of the year. When the year began with March, it was the seventh month (whence the name). Abbreviated Sept.
- Occurring, appearing, or prevailing in September: as, the September gales.
Wiktionary
- n. The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October. Abbreviations: Sep or Sep., Sept or Sept.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the month following August and preceding October
Etymologies
- Late Old English, Latin september ("seventh month"), from Latin septem ("seven"), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”); September was the seventh month in the Roman calendar. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English Septembre, from Old French, from Latin September, the seventh month, from septem, seven; see septm̥ in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“(End of trip September 1st, 1915) _September 2d, 1915_”
“[While September is speaking, August lifts the basket to the ground, selects various fruits, and withdraws slowly along the gravel walk, eating a pear as he goes.] _September.”
“[September arrives, carrying upon her head a basket heaped high with fruit] _September.”
“Arena September 10, 2009 - Reading, PA - Sovereign Center September 12, 2009 - Manchester, NH”
“The device, announced in September, is one of the most highly anticipated tablet launches since the iPad in part because it is built on Google's Android operating system, which is expected to power a wave of new tablets.”
“Earlier this month, the company said domestic same-store sales at its Uniqlo stores fell 25% in September from the same month a year earlier, its biggest such drop in seven years.”
“The consumer-price index rose 0.1% in September from a month earlier; excluding volatile food and energy prices, it was unchanged for the second straight month, the Labor Department said.”
The Wall Street Journal: Bernanke Argues for More Fed Action
“Capacity utilization also slipped, falling slightly to 74.7% in September from a revised 74.8% the previous month.”
The Wall Street Journal: Stocks Flat; Citi Results Lift Financials
“Actual housing starts fell to 54,000 in September from a revised 55,500 in August.”
“Private-sector lending increased 1.2% in September from the same period a year earlier, the same rate as in August, data from the ECB showed Wednesday.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘September’.
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)polythene, Sun King, rhythm and blues, taxman, tripper, monkey business, mailman, matchbox, rock and roll, ooh, blue jay, reprise and 388 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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ept
kept, wept, adept, inept, depth, scepter, exception, reception, perception, preconception, conception, inception and 74 more...
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Monovocalic Proper
Capitalized words with only one of the vowels, with that vowel used at least three times. See also Monovocalics.
Pilgrimism, Photoshop, Taklamakan, Derek Jeter, Ruzuzu, Sagarmatha, Octomom, Sitsiritsit, Dahaka, Dodongo, Attacapa, Atalanta and 449 more...
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