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# aug

«aug» in Mova's school dictionary: **A short written form of August, the eighth month of the year** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (Aug, short for August)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A short written form of August, the eighth month of the year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aug/#m1)

2) (maths/computing, rare) Short for "augmented" in some technical names. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aug/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Seen on calendars, timetables, forms and labels where space is short: Jan, Feb, Mar ... Aug, Sep. In maths calendar problems, August has 31 days and comes between July and September. It is written, not spoken: you still say "August".

### examples

- The calendar shows Jul, Aug, Sep across the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aug/#x1)
- The swimming club stops in Aug for the summer break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aug/#x2)
- August has 31 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aug/#x3)
- Write the abbreviations of the months: Jan, Feb ... Aug ... Dec. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aug/#x4)
- In the Southern Hemisphere, August is in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aug/#x5)
- The school trip form said "Aug" for the month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aug/#x6)
- BATTEN DREW THIS AUG. 20TH, 1801 GOOD-NIGHT [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aug/#x7)

### note

Normally written with a capital A (Aug) and sometimes a full stop (Aug.). It is only a written short form; it is not a word on its own. In Australia and New Zealand August is a winter month; in the UK, Ireland, USA and Canada it is summer.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aug» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aug/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.