October

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Oc·to·ber /ɒkˈtəʊbə $ ɑːkˈtoʊbər/ S2 W2 noun [countableC, uncountableU] (written abbreviation Oct.)

TMCthe tenth month of the year, between September and November 十月

next/last October

We moved in last October.

我们是去年10月搬进去的。

in October

You’re going to be busy in October.

10月份你就要忙了。

on October 6th

We begin on October 6th.

我们10月6日开始。

on 6th October British EnglishBrE

They were arrested on 6th October.

他们于10月6日被捕。

October 6 American EnglishAmE

The baby was baptized Monday, October 6.

宝宝是在10月6日星期一受洗的。

Examples from the Corpus

October• Figures were not available for October or for the Camarillo years.• Hard disk: My recommendations from October still stand in this department.• The country's judiciary has become bolder following the arrest of Gen Pinochet in London in October 1998.• His dealership sold 100 machines in October.• Four months after the show opened in October 1995, she missed 10 performances because of a sore throat and cough.• By last October it was 145.7m.• But when Annie stepped off the train at the Falls on October 13, she did not look like an experienced adventurer.• On October 7,109,000 people came to Paxton's palace.

October 6• But a deadline of October 6 passed without contact.• Hrudey faced his former team in his San Jose debut on October 6.• Paul VoIcker had made his historic speech on October 6, 1979.

Origin October

(1000-1100) Old French Octobre, from Latin October, from octo “eight”; because it was the eighth month of the ancient Roman year

Oc·to·ber noun

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