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# october

«october» in Mova's school dictionary: **the tenth 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 (October)

### meaning for a pupil

October is the tenth month of the year. It has 31 days and comes after September and before November. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/october/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a month name; the time in the story; sometimes its 31 days are used. In everyday life: autumn (fall) in the USA, Canada, the UK and Ireland, with Halloween at its end; spring in Australia and New Zealand; school terms and half-term holidays. In science: leaves change colour, days grow shorter in the north.

### examples

- In October she read 12 books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/october/#x1)
- He saved 5 dollars every day in October. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/october/#x2)
- The fair is in October. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/october/#x3)
- October has 31 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/october/#x4)
- Halloween is at the end of October. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/october/#x5)
- In October the leaves turn red and gold in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/october/#x6)
- In Australia, October is in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/october/#x7)
- October comes after September. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/october/#x8)

### note

A month name; hidden number: October has 31 days. Trap: «every day in October» means multiply by 31. Always written with a capital letter: October. The name comes from Latin «octo» (eight), because it was once the eighth month; it is now the tenth. Seasons are opposite in the southern half of the world.

### 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 the UK, sunlight from about October to March is not strong enough for the skin to make vitamin D.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil/6/)
- [News reports said hate against Jewish people and hate against Muslims both rose sharply in many countries after 7 October.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/27-israel-and-gaza-at-school-and-online/2/)
- [News reports said Islamophobia, hate against Muslims, also rose sharply after 7 October.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/27-israel-and-gaza-at-school-and-online/11/)
- [Halloween on 31 October grew from Samhain, an old Celtic festival that marked the end of the harvest and the start of winter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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