Oc·to·ber

(ŏk-tō′bər)

1. The tenth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.

2. Chiefly British Ale brewed in October.

[Middle English Octobre, from Old French Octobre and Old English October, both from Latin Octōber, eighth month, from octō, eight; see oktō(u) in Indo-European roots.]

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October

(ɒkˈtəʊbə)

the tenth month of the year, consisting of 31 days

[Old English, from Latin, from octo eight, since it was the eighth month in Roman reckoning]

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Oc•to•ber

(ɒkˈtoʊ bər)

n.

the tenth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbr.: Oct.

[before 1050; Middle English, Old English < Latin Octōber the eighth month of the early Roman year]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

October - the month following September and preceding November

Oct

Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752

Columbus Day, Discovery Day, October 12 - a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus

October 24, United Nations Day - a day for celebrating the founding of the United Nations

Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar

mid-October - the middle part of October

Translations

Oktober

أُكْتَوبَرشَهْر أوكتوبر: تِشرين أوَّل

октомври

octubre

říjen

oktober

Oktober

Οκτώβριος Οκτώβρης

oktobro

octubre

oktoober

lokakuu

octobre

अक्तूबर

listopad

október

oktober

október

ottobre

十月

10월시월

october

spalis

oktobris

octombrie

október

oktoberoktóber

октобар

oktober

เดือนตุลาคม

ekimTeşrini Evvel

жовтень

tháng Mười

十月

October

[ɒkˈtəʊbəʳ] N → octubre m
see July for usage

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October

[ɒkˈtəʊbə^r]

n → octobre m
in October → en octobre
see also July

modif [birthday, wedding] → en octobre

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October

n → Oktober m; the October Revolution → die Oktoberrevolution ? also September

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October

[ɒkˈtəʊbəʳ] n → ottobre m
for usage see July

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

October

(okˈtəubə) noun

the tenth month of the year, the month following September.

october

→ أُكْتَوبَر říjen oktober Oktober Οκτώβριος octubre lokakuu octobre listopad ottobre 十月 10월 oktober oktober październik outubro октябрь oktober เดือนตุลาคม Ekim tháng Mười 十月

It's Sunday, October third (US)
It's Sunday third October (UK) → Je neděle třetího října → Det er søndag den tredje oktober → Es ist Sonntag, der dritte Oktober → Hoy es domingo tres de octubre → On sunnuntai kolmas lokakuuta → Nous sommes dimanche trois octobre → Nedjelja je, treći listopada → È domenica tre ottobre → 十月三日の日曜日です → 시월 삼일 일요일이에요 → Het is zondag drie oktober → Det er søndag tredje oktober → É domingo, três de outubro → Det är söndag den tredje oktober → Üç Ekim Pazar → 十月三号，星期天

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These dates were inscribed in an itinerary divided into columns, indicating the month, the day of the month, and the day for the stipulated and actual arrivals at each principal point Paris, Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, New York, and London--from the 2nd of October to the 21st of December; and giving a space for setting down the gain made or the loss suffered on arrival at each locality.

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The schooner was also finished, and launched, with the accustomed ceremony, on the second of October, and took her station below the fort.

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The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere -- The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Of my most immemorial year: It was hard by the dim lake of Auber, In the misty mid region of Weir: -- It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.

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11 October, Evening.--Jonathan Harker has asked me to note this, as he says he is hardly equal to the task, and he wants an exact record kept.

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(wrote the Emperor on the second of October in a letter that reached Kutuzov after the battle at Tarutino) Since September 2 Moscow has been in the hands of the enemy.

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On the 8th of October President Barbicane published a manifesto full of enthusiasm, in which he made an appeal to "all persons of good will upon the face of the earth." This document, translated into all languages, met with immense success.

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"On the twenty-sixth of October I received a communication from Doctor Jerome, of Edinburgh, and from Mr.

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October that year gathered up all the spilled sunshine of the summer and clad herself in it as in a garment.

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(from February to October, 1820), underwent fifteen changes in its government -- each governor, according to the constitution, being elected for three years -- it would be very unreasonable to ask for pretexts.

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You had better do this some time prior to October 1st.

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The Age of Innocence first appeared in four large installments in The Pictorial Review, from July to October 1920.

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But towards the middle of October the resolution began to dwindle perceptibly, and showed dangerous symptoms of exhaustion.

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