All 7 Uses
august
in
I Survived The American Revolution
(Edited)
- AUGUST 29, 1776
p. 1.1 *august = the month between July and September
- AUGUST 25, 1776
p. 79.1
- AUGUST 27
p. 86.1
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- By the second week of August, there were about twenty thousand American soldiers in the camps in and around New York City, with more arriving every day.
p. 70.1
- And then, on the afternoon of August 21, the sky suddenly turned black.
p. 77.4
- On the night of August 26, soldiers from different companies gathered around the campfires.
p. 82.3
- On the dark and foggy night of August 27, almost ten thousand American troops snuck off Brooklyn in a fleet of small boats.
p. 114.7 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(august as in: august stature) majestic or greatly admired -- especially due to high rank or age
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(2)
(meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus) More commonly, August is used as a proper noun to refer to the month that falls between July and September.