November
[nə(ʊ)'vembə] or [no'vɛmbɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the month following October and preceding December.
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Definition
(n.) The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.
Typist: Melba
Definition
n. the eleventh month of our year.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of November, augers a season of indifferent success in all affairs.
Checker: Sherman
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The eleventh twelfth of a weariness.
Checker: Lyman
Examples
- On November 14, 1888, President Carnot opened the institution, which was soon to witness the triumphs of Roux, Yersin, Metchnikoff, and other disciples of Pasteur. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Published November, 1920. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Behind November came deep winter--clearness, stillness, frost accompanying. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- On the 15th of November, while I was still at Holly Springs, I sent word to Sherman to meet me at Columbus. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 1st of November I suggested to Sherman, and also asked his views thereon, the propriety of destroying Hood before he started on his campaign. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I arrived at Limmeridge House on Friday the second of November. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Do you remember going up to Mrs. Bardell's house, one night in November last? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The Mr. Churchills were also in town; and they were only waiting for November. Jane Austen. Emma.
- After recording a considerable number of other experiments, the laboratory notes go on to state: November 30, 1875. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The first edition of this work was published on November 24, 1859, and the second edition on January 7, 1860. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- When Lucy first came to Barton Park last November, she told me in confidence of her engagement. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Sherman fixed the 10th of November as the day of starting. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Frosts appear at night; November has sent his fogs in advance; the wind takes its autumn moan; but--he is coming. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Implacable November weather. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I began one note, in a six-syllable line, 'Oh, do not remember'--but that associated itself with the fifth of November, and became an absurdity. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I don't think Fifth-of-Novembers ought to be kept up by night except in towns. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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