August
[ɔ:ˈgʌst] or [ˈɔːɡəst]
Definition
(noun.) the month following July and preceding September.
(adj.) profoundly honored; 'revered holy men' .
(adj.) of or befitting a lord; 'heir to a lordly fortune'; 'of august lineage' .
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Definition
(a.) Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.
(a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Typist: Nadine
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Imposing, awful, solemn, venerable, majestic, stately, pompous, great, regal, noble, dignified, kingly, princely, magnificent, superb.
Typist: Miguel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Majestic, dignified, stately, noble, pompous, imposing, grand, solemn, exalted
ANT:Mean, undignified, unimposing, common, vulgar, despicable, paltry, unnoticeable,beggarly, commonplace
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Definition
adj. venerable: imposing: sublime: majestic—adv. August′ly.—n. August′ness.
n. the eighth month of the year so called after the Roman emperor Augustus CéŽ ar.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of the month of August, denotes unfortunate deals, and misunderstandings in love affairs. For a young woman to dream that she is going to be married in August, is an omen of sorrow in her early wedded life.
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Examples
- All Russia now is a huge experiment in that dictatorship (August, 1920). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Many special tools, particularly those designed for _bicycle work_, have been devised, as exhibited by patent to Hillman, August 11, 1891, No. 457,718. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was filed in the Patent Office a few days later, but was not issued as a patent until August 30, 1887. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On a fine Sunday evening, in the month of August, John Edmunds set foot in the village he had left with shame and disgrace seventeen years before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It went into service August 15, 1882, about three weeks before the Pearl Street station. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Otto engine is covered by patent No. 194,047, August 14, 1877. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was August; so there could be small hope of relief during the heats. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- All Europe still remembers the strange atmosphere of those eventful sunny August days, the end of the Armed Peace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On the 10th of August Sheridan had advanced on Early up the Shenandoah Valley, Early falling back to Strasburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The insurgents gathered at the H?tel de Ville, and on the tenth of August the Commune launched an attack on the palace of the Tuileries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The first bloodshed occurred at Londonderry in August, 1913. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My fears for Adrian were ceaseless; August had come; and the symptoms of plague encreased rapidly in London. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- On August 11 the cable parted, and 344 miles of the cable were lost in water two miles deep. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On the 14th of August I was ordered to send two more divisions to Buell. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Some mutton was shipped to me from the Falkland Islands at the beginning of last August; a piece of it is uncooked on the table. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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