How do you use the word "february" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "february" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "february": I am very sorry, but I must cancel our appointment for February 27. The international conference was to be held in February this year.

February Meaning

/ˈfɛb.ɹʊ.ə.ɹi/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe second month of the year.

nameThe short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.

Sentence Examples

I am very sorry, but I must cancel our appointment for February 27.

The international conference was to be held in February this year.

February is the coldest month of the year.

CEFR Practice Quiz

My birthday is in ____, the month with only twenty-eight days each year.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Valentines Day is celebrated on the fourteenth of ____ every year in many different countries.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der. Latin februum Latin Februa Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -arius Latin Februāriusder. Middle English Februarie English February From Middle English Februarie, februari, februare, from Latin Februārius (“the month of the Februa”), from Februa (“the Purgings, the Purifications”), a Roman holiday two days after its ides (i.e., Feb. 15), + -arius (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Februa from februum (“purging”), from an earlier Sabine [Term?] word, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”) and thus cognate with thio- (“sulfurous”) and Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulfur”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”) and thus cognate with fever and febris. A relatinization abandoning Middle English feoverel, from Old French feverier, which itself displaced Old English solmōnaþ (“mud month”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"“Eating meat means prosperity in the coming year,” the roastery wrote on Weibo on February 5, days before the Lunar New Year began." — 2024 February 20, Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayir, “Pork flavored coffee is Starbucks’ newest China pitch”, in CNN Business:

"“Cheryl, the man in this photo is a Mr. Dennis Lowe. He worked for a computer software company and he was married. He was impersonating a police officer, a real one by the name of Alexander Colton. He was doing this because he's obsessed with a woman named February—” Nowakowski stopped talking because Cheryl Sheckle's body jerked violently and she let out a muted cry. […] “It isn't a nickname, Cheryl. It's a real person, her name is February Owens and he's been obsessed with her since they went to high school together.”" — 2011, Kristen Ashley, For You:

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