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Definition of December noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

December

noun
 
 
/dɪˈsembə(r)/
 
/dɪˈsembər/
[uncountable, countable]
(abbreviation Dec.)
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  1. the 12th and last month of the year
    • She was born in December.
    • (British English) The meeting is on the fifth of December/December the fifth.
    • (North American English) The meeting is on December fifth.
    • We went to Japan last December.
    • I arrived at the end of December.
    • last December's celebrations
    • It was a cold December morning.
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin, from decem ‘ten’ (being originally the tenth month of the Roman year).
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