august

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'August': /ˈɔːɡəst/; 'august': /ɔːˈɡʌst/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɔˈgʌst/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'August': (ô′gəst); 'august': (ô gust′)


Collocations for "august"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "august" in context.

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August

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [hot, cold, long] August
  2. [last, this, next] August
  3. in [early, late, mid-] August
  4. [leave, finish, stop] before August (5th)
  5. [leave] by August (5th)
  6. on the [first] [Saturday] in August
  7. in the month of August
  8. in August of [2005]
  9. UK: on 5th August
  10. on August [5th, 5]
  11. [my birthday, our anniversary, the party] is in August
  12. throughout (all of) August
  13. effective [in, throughout] August
  14. [starting, ending] in August
  15. [is held, takes place] every Saturday in August
  16. we [usually, often] vacation in August
  17. can't believe it is already August!
  18. the [hottest, wettest, driest] August on record
n as adj
  1. a late-August [day, afternoon, evening]
  2. a hot August [day, summer, sun]
  3. [on, it was] a [sunny, warm] August [day]
'august' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
August - Thursday - air - bank - chilly - downtime - hire - humidity - in - middle - morning - ninety - offspring - rental - sometime - tenth - usual

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