Category: Numbers & TimePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

July

/July/Roman
US/ˌdʒuˈɫaɪ/

English meaning: July

Definition

The seventh month of the year, after June.

Example

In July the days are long and the evenings stay warm and bright.

Another example: Temperatures usually peak in late July at the height of summer.

Usage — When, Where & How

The seventh month of the year, with 31 days; always capitalized. Associated with high summer and US Independence Day on the fourth.

Etymology & Origin

English — Origin & History

From Latin "Julius," named after Julius Caesar.

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Common Collocations

  • in july
  • early july
  • late july
  • fourth of july
  • mid-july

Word Forms

July (n); —

Word Tools

2 syllables

Tools & Calculators

15% of 200 = 30 · 15 is 7.5% of 200

Literary Heritage

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

/To thine own self be true/

Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.

William Shakespeare · Playwright & Poet · 1564–1616

Hamlet, Act II

Hamlet, II.i — Polonius's parting words to Laertes; the most quoted line in Shakespeare

I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?

/I'm nobody! Who are you?/

I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.

Emily Dickinson · Poet · 1830–1886

Poems

Poem 288 — Dickinson's subversive celebration of solitude over social recognition

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