month

/mʌnθ/ noun [C]

Definition

PART OF YEAR › one of the twelve periods of time that a year is divided into: last/next month Your birthday's this month, isn't it?

FOUR WEEKS › a period of approximately four weeks: She'll be working here for six months. I saw him about three months ago.

(Definition of month noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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