Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Inspiring awe or admiration; majestic: the august presence of the monarch. See Synonyms at grand.
- adj. Venerable for reasons of age or high rank.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Inspiring reverence and admiration; majestic; solemnly grand or stately; sublime; magnificent; imposing.
- Venerable; worshipful; eminent. = Syn. Stately, etc. (see
majestic ), awful, imposing. - n. 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.
Wiktionary
- adj. Noble, venerable, majestic, awe-inspiring, often of the highest social class (sometimes used ironically).
- adj. Of noble birth.
- v. To make ripe
- v. To bring to realisation
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. 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.
- n. The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or befitting a lord
- n. the month following July and preceding September
- adj. profoundly honored
Etymologies
- From August (Wiktionary)
- Latin augustus; see aug- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Randy the recession started in august of 2007 and and Bush grew government by 35% you cant pin this, honestly on any one president.”
“I picked up a fawn in august that had died much earlier.”
“February 24, 2010 at 6: 49 PM htc desire, be here in august same specs as Nexus one.”
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“Can´t wait for Cabals book which will be released in august ...”
“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!!”
“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”
“Aww i wanted Peter, Kellan, rob, kristen come to florida in august for my birthday”
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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 …; -)”
“As you can see in august our user visited nearly18 times a month compared to 4. 2 at eharmony.”
“I saw this all the way back in august in NYC like John.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘august’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Words
phantasmagoria, eviscerate, avast, simulacrum, varicose, oblique, gestalt, ersatz, vernal, vivace, stellate, synecdoche and 330 more...
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501
Classic
mete, ire, bane, bilk, boor, elan, ado, toil, onus, aberration, abstruse, anomaly and 401 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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501
Classic
abhor, mirth, obtuse, iota, vex, irk, teem, pith, moot, mete, ire, bane and 401 more...
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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SAT Words
But only the ones that I don't already know.
abase, abash, abominate, abstruse, acclivity, accolade, accost, adroit, adulate, adulterate, adumbrate, affray and 241 more...
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501
Classic
aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august, banal, boisterous, dulcet, epitome, impudent, insolent, mellifluous and 401 more...
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501
Classic
bane, bilk, boor, elan, ado, toil, onus, aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august and 401 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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man gre
abase, abeyance, abreast, abscission, abscond, abyss, accede, accretion, acerbic, acidulous, acumen, adulterate and 483 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1856 more...
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Capitonyms, capitonyms
Words that change meaning when capitalized
worms, welsh, turkey, time, tangier, tang, slough, seat, scotch, scone, said, russian and 70 more...
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Forgotten meanings
Words of which I constantly forget/confuse the meaning.
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SAT Words
But only the ones that I don't already know.
abase, abash, abominate, abstruse, acclivity, accolade, accost, adroit, adulate, adulterate, adumbrate, affray and 241 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for august.

seanahan As an adjective it sounds like "a gust". Feb 15, 2007
alguien A pretty word when used as an adjective. An awkward-sounding word as a proper noun. Feb 15, 2007