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# december

«december» in Mova's school dictionary: **the twelfth and last month of the year** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (December)

### meaning for a pupil

1) December is the twelfth and last month of the year. It has 31 days. It comes after November; January follows it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#m1)

2) In the north (USA, UK, Canada, Ireland) December is in winter; in Australia and New Zealand it is in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a month: days in December (31), counting days; in everyday life: Christmas, Hanukkah and other winter holidays, the end of the year, school holidays; in science: the shortest days in the north and the longest in the south

### examples

- December has 31 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#x1)
- She saved $1 every day in December. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#x2)
- How many days of December are left after the first 20? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#x3)
- It snowed on 12 days in December. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#x4)
- In December we decorate the Christmas tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#x5)
- In Australia, December is hot and sunny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#x6)
- December is the last month of the year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#x7)
- The school term ends in the middle of December. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#x8)
- Vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the last day of December. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/december/#x9)

### note

Hidden fact: December has 31 days (saving $1 a day → $31). Always written with a capital D. Short form: Dec. The next month (January) begins a new year.

### In the corpora

- [Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/7/)
- [In December 2022 a Netflix series told Harry and Meghan's side of their story; others in it did not reply on camera.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/19/)
- [In Australia and New Zealand summer is December to February, and Christmas is in summer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/9/)
- [Australian children have Christmas in summer because in December the southern hemisphere leans towards the Sun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are/20/)
- [Christmas is on 25 December, but many Orthodox churches celebrate it on 7 January because they use an older calendar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/26-the-church-year/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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