july
part of speech
noun (July)
meaning for a pupil
1) July is the seventh month of the year. It has 31 days. tree →
2) In the northern half of the world (USA, UK, Canada, Ireland) July is summer and often the summer holidays; in Australia and New Zealand it is winter. tree →
3) July can also be a person's first name, as in an old tale about a girl and her brother. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school maths: a month in time problems; it hides 31 days; amounts per week or per day in July; days in June and July (30 + 31). In everyday life: summer holidays (north), Independence Day in the USA, winter school holidays (south). Phrases: «in July», «early July», «the end of July».
examples
- July has 31 days. tree →
- She read 2 books a week in July. tree →
- The fair is in July. tree →
- How many days in June and July? tree →
- July comes after June and before August. tree →
- In the USA many families have barbecues in July. tree →
- In Australia July is in the middle of winter. tree →
- Our summer holiday starts in July. tree →
- But she was not without a protector; her younger brother, JULY, was with her. tree →
note
Always a capital J. Short form «Jul». Stress on the second part: «ju-LY». Maths: a month; it hides «31 days». Trap: July and August both have 31 days.
In the corpora
- In July a Ukrainian field turns into a yellow sea of sunflowers taller than a grown-up.
- The Tour de France is a famous cycling race held every July that finishes in Paris.
- France's national day is 14 July, le 14 Juillet or la fête nationale; English speakers often call it Bastille Day.
- It remembers 14 July 1789, when people in Paris took the Bastille, a prison fortress.
- Around 14 July many fire stations hold a dance open to everyone, le bal des pompiers; les pompiers are the firefighters.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «july» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.