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The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
Ralph Adams Cram

Meaning of "august" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AUGUST

From Latin augustus; related to augēre to increase.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AUGUST

august  [ɔːˈɡʌst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUGUST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
August is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AUGUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

august

August

August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere. In common years no other month starts on the same day of the week as August, though in leap years February starts on the same day. August ends on the same day of the week as November every year. March and November of the previous year starts on the same day of the week as August of the current year as a common year and June of the previous year starts on the same day of the week as August of the current year as a leap year. In years immediately before common years, August starts and ends on the same day of the week as May of the following year while in years immediately before leap years, August starts on the same day of as October of the following year and ends on the same day of the week as February and October of the following year. This month was originally named Sextili in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year.

Definition of august in the English dictionary

The definition of august in the dictionary is dignified or imposing. Other definition of august is of noble birth or high rank.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AUGUST


adjust
əˈdʒʌst
antitrust
ˌæntɪˈtrʌst
bust
bʌst
crust
krʌst
degust
dɪˈɡʌst
disgust
dɪsˈɡʌst
distrust
dɪsˈtrʌst
dost
dʌst
dust
dʌst
gust
ɡʌst
just
dʒʌst
lust
lʌst
must
mʌst
robust
rəʊˈbʌst
rust
rʌst
stardust
ˈstɑːˌdʌst
thrust
θrʌst
trust
trʌst
unjust
ʌnˈdʒʌst
wanderlust
ˈwɒndəˌlʌst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AUGUST

augmented reality
augmented transition network
augmenter
augmentor
Augsburg
augur
augural
auguries
augurship
augury
Augusta
Augusta Emerita
Augusta Treverorum
Augusta Vindelicorum
Augustan
auguste
Augustine
Augustinian
augustly
augustness

WORDS THAT END LIKE AUGUST

antirust
bite the dust
brain trust
charitable trust
cosmic dust
dry-as-dust
exhaust
Faust
frust
go bust
gold dust
holocaust
in disgust
locust
mistrust
National Trust
oust
Proust
Saint-Just
sawdust

Synonyms and antonyms of august in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AUGUST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «august» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of august

Translation of «august» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AUGUST

Find out the translation of august to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of august from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «august» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

八月
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agosto
570 millions of speakers

English

august
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अगस्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أُغُسْطُس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

август
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agosto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অগাস্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

août
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

August
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

August
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

八月
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

8월
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

August
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tháng Tám
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆகஸ்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑगस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ağustos
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

agosto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sierpień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

серпень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

august
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αύγουστος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Augustus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

augusti
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

august
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of august

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AUGUST»

The term «august» is very widely used and occupies the 917 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AUGUST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about august

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3 QUOTES WITH «AUGUST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word august.
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Ralph Adams Cram
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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Willard Scott
August depresses me a little. I don't even feel like eating. And when I don't eat, that's a sure sign of stagnation.
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Justin Winsor
Hardly a name in profane history is more august than his. Hardly another character in the world's record has made so little of its opportunities. His discovery was a blunder; his blunder was a new world; the New World is his monument.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUGUST»

Discover the use of august in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to august and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I; Barbara W. ...
Praise for The Guns of August “A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill’s statement that the first month of World War I was ‘a drama never surpassed.’”—Newsweek “More ...
Barbara W. Tuchman, 2009
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August-- Osage County
Bruce Graham tackles '40s Hollywood through a thinly disguised look at Walt Disney.
Tracy Letts, 2009
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August
Ever since Aldous Jones careened over the handlebars of his bicycle in 1955 and landed next to farmer Evan's field, it has become a tradition for him to take his family camping in Wales, believing that a certain symbiosis exists between ...
Gerard Woodward, 2008
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English, August: An Indian Story
Agastya Sen, the hero of English, August, is a child of the Indian elite.
Upamanyu Chatterjee, 1988
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Conversations with August Wilson
Publisher description: Collects a selection of the many interviews Wilson gave from 1984 to 2004. In the interviews, the playwright covers at length and in detail his plays and his background.
Jackson R. Bryer, Mary C. Hartig, 2006
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The Dry Grass of August
In 1954, 13-year-old Jubie, along with her family and her family's black maid Mary Luther--who has always been there for her, making up for her father's rages and her mother's neglect--travels to Florida for vacation where she encounters ...
Anna Jean Mayhew, 2011
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August Wilson: A Casebook
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Marilyn Roberson Elkins, 2000
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Five Days in August: How World War II Became a Nuclear War
Five Days in August boldly presents a different interpretation: that the military did not clearly understand the atomic bomb's revolutionary strategic potential, that the Allies were almost as stunned by the surrender as the Japanese were ...
Michael D. Gordin, 2009
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Understanding August Wilson
Bogumil asserts that in these works Wilson presents readers with a decade-by-decade portrait of African American life, capturing this culture's spirit and voice.
Mary L. Bogumil, 1999
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August
Describes the weather, special days, birthstone, flower, zodiac, and famous events and birthdays for the month of August.
Ellen Jackson, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUGUST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term august is used in the context of the following news items.
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Interesting August Stock Options for GM
So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interesting call contract, from the August expiration for GM. The put contract our ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
Great Yarmouth racing delayed until 30 August
Racing at Great Yarmouth has been delayed until 30 August following the work to the course's surface. The developers for the course, which ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
3
Steven M. Sipple: Respecting August critical in Blackshirt discussion
I don't regard that as a major issue as long as that player proves himself at a high level throughout the grueling month of August. To be sure ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
4
Lens | Finding the Right Types in August Sander's Germany
Artists have always been difficult to categorize, something August Sander might have learned when he embarked on his ambitious project to ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
Interesting DBEU Put And Call Options For August 21st
At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the DBEU options chain for the new August 21st contracts and ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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D'Angelo coming to Portland at last in August
D'Angelo coming to Portland at last in August. D'Angelo performing in Atlanta on June 14, 2015. (Robb D. Cohen/AP) (Robb D. Cohen/AP). «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
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NYMEX August gas falls sharply to trade at $2.749/MMBtu reversing …
The August contract jumped 3.6 cents Thursday after traders reacted to a government storage report that showed injections toward the low end ... «Platts, Jul 15»
8
Maruti Suzuki S-Cross India Launch Likely in First Week of August
An Indian Autos Blog report claimed the company has confirmed the launch of the S-Cross for early August, but did not divulge the exact date. «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 15»
9
Two Doppler radar centres would start functioning by August
BHUBANESHWAR: To strengthen the weather forecast system in the state, two Doppler radar centres at Gopalpur and Paradeep will start ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
Tuesday is last day to register to vote in August election
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — One month from Monday, we will have a better idea who Nashville's next mayor will be. Election Day is August 6 ... «WKRN.com, Jul 15»

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