october
part of speech
noun (October)
meaning for a pupil
October is the tenth month of the year. It has 31 days and comes after September and before November. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a month name; the time in the story; sometimes its 31 days are used. In everyday life: autumn (fall) in the USA, Canada, the UK and Ireland, with Halloween at its end; spring in Australia and New Zealand; school terms and half-term holidays. In science: leaves change colour, days grow shorter in the north.
examples
- In October she read 12 books. tree →
- He saved 5 dollars every day in October. tree →
- The fair is in October. tree →
- October has 31 days. tree →
- Halloween is at the end of October. tree →
- In October the leaves turn red and gold in Canada. tree →
- In Australia, October is in spring. tree →
- October comes after September. tree →
note
A month name; hidden number: October has 31 days. Trap: «every day in October» means multiply by 31. Always written with a capital letter: October. The name comes from Latin «octo» (eight), because it was once the eighth month; it is now the tenth. Seasons are opposite in the southern half of the world.
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 the UK, sunlight from about October to March is not strong enough for the skin to make vitamin D.
- News reports said hate against Jewish people and hate against Muslims both rose sharply in many countries after 7 October.
- News reports said Islamophobia, hate against Muslims, also rose sharply after 7 October.
- Halloween on 31 October grew from Samhain, an old Celtic festival that marked the end of the harvest and the start of winter.
Trees and pragmatics
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