Collocations for "December"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "December" in context.
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December
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [cool, cold, freezing, mild] December
- [last, next, the following] December
- [early, mid, late] December
- the [first, second, last] week of December
- every [week, day, morning] in December
- in (the) December (of) [1999, 2010]
- it [happened, occurred, took place] last December
- happened one [cold, gloomy, dark] December morning
- a lot of snow for December
- didn't get any snow this December
- a white December
- the first snow of December
- unusually [mild, cold, warm] for December
- she [came, visited, moved] in December
- am going [away, on vacation] in December
- am taking [a week, two weeks] off in December
- won't be [ready, operative, done, finished] until December
- [should, ought to, is expected to] be operative by December
- December is the [hotel's, store's, restaurant's] busiest month
- UK: (on) [25th] December
- on the [25th] of December
- UK: from [1st] to [10th] December (inclusive)
- from the [1st] to the [10th] of December (inclusive)
- UK: [ends, starts, opens] on [1st] December
- [ends] on December [1st]
'December' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):