oct

name 3noun 2

Collocations

VERB + OCT

born, falls, thanksgiving

My daughter was born in October, so her birthday always falls near Halloween.

OCT + NOUN

american, children

The American children dressed up as superheroes and ghosts for the October Halloween party.

PREP.

in, on

The festival takes place in October every year and attracts thousands of visitors.

Definitions

name

Abbreviation of October.

noun

Abbreviation of octal.

noun

Initialism of optical coherence tomography: an optical signal acquisition and processing method that captures high-resolution three-dimensional images from biological tissues.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the month following September and preceding November

october

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

He was born in Vancouver Oct. 23, 1976.

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Once darkness falls every Oct. 31, American children dress up in costumes and go from house to house.

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Canada celebrated its Thanksgiving on Oct. 12 and saw cases spike shortly thereafter.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, oct is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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