june

UK /d͡ʒuːn/ US /d͡ʒun/

name 3verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

cold, driest, early, glad, last, new, rainy, ripe

We had an early June frost that killed all the apple blossoms in our orchard.

VERB + JUNE

begins, completed, expires, get, hitched, married, rain, see

They got married in June after dating for five years.

JUNE + NOUN

day, grass, japan, july, month, people, years

In June, the grass in our backyard grows so thick we have to mow it every week.

PREP.

in, in, with

We're planning to get married in June next year.

Definitions

name

The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.

Holonyms: calendar year; year

this glad June day

A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.

Her parents were old, really old. That's why they'd given her such an old-fashioned name. June, because she was born in June. If she'd been born in November would they have called her November? June was a name for women in sitcoms and soap operas, the name of women who knit with synthetic wool and follow recipes that use cornflakes, not the name of a thirty-year-old with a ring in her nose ('Oh, June'.)

name

A male given name, or more often nickname, for a boy who is junior to someone else, especially someone with the same name, such as his father.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:June.

verb

To rush.

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Example Bank

Holonyms: calendar year; year

Wiktionary

this glad June day

Wiktionary

'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks whe

Wiktionary

For quotations using this term, see Citations:June.

Wiktionary

Today is June 18th and it is Muiriel's birthday!

Tatoeba · #1280

My sister married a high school teacher last June.

Tatoeba · #19451

Usage Notes

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In some senses, june is marked as dated, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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