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# february

«february» in Mova's school dictionary: **the second month of the year, after January and before March** — 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

proper noun (February, Februaries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) February is the second month of the year, after January and before March. February has 28 days, or 29 in a leap year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#m1)

2) February is the shortest month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#m2)

3) In the north of the world (USA, Canada, UK, Ireland) February is in winter; in Australia and New Zealand it is in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a month with 28 or 29 days; used to count days and weeks; 28 days is exactly 4 weeks; a leap year comes every 4 years. In science: the Earth takes about 365 and a quarter days to go round the Sun, so an extra day is added in February every 4 years. Everyday life: Valentine's Day and Pancake Day often fall in February. Phrases: in February, last February, next February, early February.

### examples

- February has 28 days, which is 4 weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#x1)
- How many days are there in January and February together in a normal year? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#x2)
- She saved $2 each day in February. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#x3)
- In a leap year February has 29 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#x4)
- February is the shortest month of the year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#x5)
- In Canada it often snows in February. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#x6)
- In Australia, February is a hot summer month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#x7)
- Our school holiday starts in the middle of February. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#x8)
- Lark and cuckoo, daily sing-- February has brought the spring! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/february/#x9)

### note

Always written with a capital F. Spelling trap: February has an r after «Feb»: Feb-RU-ary, though many people say «Feb-yoo-ary». A fact about time: 28 days (29 in a leap year). Trap: do not use 30 or 31 days for February. January has 31 days, so January and February have 59 days in a normal year.

### In the corpora

- [Dates go month first, then day: èr yuè shí hào is 10 February and shí yuè èr hào is 2 October.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles/16/)
- [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/)
- [La Chandeleur, 2 February, is the day for crêpes in France.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style/13/)
- [New Zealand still works to keep the treaty's promises, and Waitangi Day, 6 February, is its national day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story/14/)
- [April, June, September and November have 30 days; the other months have 31, except February.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/154-calendar-across-months/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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