december
part of speech
noun (December)
meaning for a pupil
1) December is the twelfth and last month of the year. It has 31 days. It comes after November; January follows it. tree →
2) In the north (USA, UK, Canada, Ireland) December is in winter; in Australia and New Zealand it is in summer. tree →
sense in the lessons
a month: days in December (31), counting days; in everyday life: Christmas, Hanukkah and other winter holidays, the end of the year, school holidays; in science: the shortest days in the north and the longest in the south
examples
- December has 31 days. tree →
- She saved $1 every day in December. tree →
- How many days of December are left after the first 20? tree →
- It snowed on 12 days in December. tree →
- In December we decorate the Christmas tree. tree →
- In Australia, December is hot and sunny. tree →
- December is the last month of the year. tree →
- The school term ends in the middle of December. tree →
- Vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the last day of December. tree →
note
Hidden fact: December has 31 days (saving $1 a day → $31). Always written with a capital D. Short form: Dec. The next month (January) begins a new year.
In the corpora
- Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.
- In December 2022 a Netflix series told Harry and Meghan's side of their story; others in it did not reply on camera.
- In Australia and New Zealand summer is December to February, and Christmas is in summer.
- Australian children have Christmas in summer because in December the southern hemisphere leans towards the Sun.
- Christmas is on 25 December, but many Orthodox churches celebrate it on 7 January because they use an older calendar.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «december» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.