Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

October

Pronunciation: /ɒkˈtəʊbə/

Translate October | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of October

noun

  • the tenth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the second month of autumn:the project started in October one of the wettest Octobers on record

Origin:

late Old English, from Latin, from octo 'eight' (being originally the eighth month of the Roman year)

October in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of October in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

kempt

/ kɛm(p)t /
adjective
maintained in a neat and clean condition …