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# sep

«sep» in Mova's school dictionary: **Sep or Sep** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

abbreviation (Sep, Sep.); fragment

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sep or Sep. is a short form of September, the ninth month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sep/#m1)

2) Sep. can be a short form of «separate» in notes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sep/#m2)

3) As a lower-case «sep», it is usually a fragment of a longer word, not a word on its own. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sep/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life short month names appear on calendars, tickets, receipts and food labels. Some writers use «Sept» instead. Phrases: «Sep» on a calendar.

### examples

- On the calendar, Sep is short for September. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sep/#x1)
- The school year in England starts in Sep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sep/#x2)
- Some people write Sept instead of Sep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sep/#x3)
- Jan, Feb, Mar … Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sep/#x4)
- «Sep» on the label shows the month the jam is best before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sep/#x5)
- Write the full word, September, in your story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sep/#x6)

### note

Write with a capital S when it means September: Sep or Sept. It is not a word to use in sentences; write «September» in full in schoolwork. September is the 9th month and has 30 days.

### In the corpora

- [«Separate» has «a rat» in it: sep-a-rat-e.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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