- the 3rd month of the year, between February and April
- She was born in March.
- (British English) The meeting is on the fifth of March/March the fifth.
- (North American English) The meeting is on March fifth.
- We went to Japan last March.
- I arrived at the end of March.
- Whale-watching trips begin in early March.
- The seeds germinate from March to May.
- The study appears in the March issue of the Journal of Paediatrics.
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1- The event will be held from March 3rd to 9th.
- Elections were held in late March.
- He revealed his secret in a March 2019 interview.
Word OriginMiddle English: from an Old French dialect variant of marz, from Latin Martius (mensis) ‘(month) of Mars’.
Idioms
See March in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (informal) (of a person) with crazy ideas or behaviour; very silly
- He's as mad as a March hare but he does a great job.
More Like This Similes in idiomsSimiles in idioms- (as) bald as a coot
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots
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