October
October
noun
/ɒkˈtəʊbə(r)/
uncountable, countable
(abbreviation Oct.)
​the 10th month of the year, between September and November
She was born in October.
(British English) The meeting is on the fifth of October/October the fifth.
(North American English) The meeting is on October fifth.
We went to Japan last October.
I arrived at the end of October.
last October's election
the October issue of the magazine
Topics Time A1
Word Origin
late Old English, from Latin, from octo ‘eight’ (being originally the eighth month of the Roman year).