August

augury

Definition: Meaning of, august in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɔːˈɡʌst /

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Definition: Meaning of, August in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɔːɡəst /

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August	Augusts

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August used in phrases

15 August 1945 (noun)
1. the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II
August 1 (noun)
1. commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
August 15 (noun)
1. celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church
August 6 (noun)
1. Christianity a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus
August Bank Holiday
1. an official public holiday in Britain on the last Monday in August
August Ferdinand Möbius (noun)
1. 1790-1868 german mathematician responsible for the Möbius strip
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann (noun)
1. 1834-1914 german biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics
August Strindberg (noun)
1. 1849-1912 swedish dramatist and novelist
August Wilhelm von Hoffmann (noun)
1. 1818-1892 german chemist
August plum (noun)
1. wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh
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Pronunciation: ˈsad(ə)l ˈɔɪstə

Parts of Speech: noun

thin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched

August 1