february

«february» in Mova's school dictionary: the second month of the year, after January and before March — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

proper noun (February, Februaries)

meaning for a pupil

1) February is the second month of the year, after January and before March. February has 28 days, or 29 in a leap year. tree →

2) February is the shortest month. tree →

3) In the north of the world (USA, Canada, UK, Ireland) February is in winter; in Australia and New Zealand it is in summer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a month with 28 or 29 days; used to count days and weeks; 28 days is exactly 4 weeks; a leap year comes every 4 years. In science: the Earth takes about 365 and a quarter days to go round the Sun, so an extra day is added in February every 4 years. Everyday life: Valentine's Day and Pancake Day often fall in February. Phrases: in February, last February, next February, early February.

examples

• February has 28 days, which is 4 weeks. tree →
• How many days are there in January and February together in a normal year? tree →
• She saved $2 each day in February. tree →
• In a leap year February has 29 days. tree →
• February is the shortest month of the year. tree →
• In Canada it often snows in February. tree →
• In Australia, February is a hot summer month. tree →
• Our school holiday starts in the middle of February. tree →
• Lark and cuckoo, daily sing-- February has brought the spring! tree →

note

Always written with a capital F. Spelling trap: February has an r after «Feb»: Feb-RU-ary, though many people say «Feb-yoo-ary». A fact about time: 28 days (29 in a leap year). Trap: do not use 30 or 31 days for February. January has 31 days, so January and February have 59 days in a normal year.

In the corpora

• Dates go month first, then day: èr yuè shí hào is 10 February and shí yuè èr hào is 2 October.
• In Australia and New Zealand summer is December to February, and Christmas is in summer.
• La Chandeleur, 2 February, is the day for crêpes in France.
• New Zealand still works to keep the treaty's promises, and Waitangi Day, 6 February, is its national day.
• April, June, September and November have 30 days; the other months have 31, except February.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «february» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.