August
August
noun
/ˈɔːɡəst/
uncountable, countable
(abbreviation Aug.)
​the 8th month of the year, between July and September
She was born in August.
(British English) The meeting is on the fifth of August/August the fifth.
(North American English) The meeting is on August fifth.
We went to Japan last August.
I arrived at the end of August.
last August's election
It was a hot August afternoon.
Topics Time A1
Word Origin
Old English, from Latin augustus ‘consecrated, venerable’; named after Augustus, the first Roman emperor (63 BC-AD14).