September

noun

Sep·​tem·​ber sep-ˈtem-bər 

səp-

: the ninth month of the Gregorian calendar

Examples of September in a Sentence

The weather has been very mild during the past two Septembers.

Recent Examples on the Web

Hope Hicks was the Trump 2016 presidential campaign press secretary and later the communications director in Trump's White House starting in September 2017. —David Jackson, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024

After Wally made headlines last September for being turned away from a Phillies game, Henney told NPR that Wally, then 8 years old, came into his life at about 18 months. —Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 May 2024

By September 1, 2001, the day Stone attacked his mother, he’d already been arrested 17 times, including charges for grand theft, auto theft, marijuana possession, driving under the influence, battery on a law enforcement officer, domestic battery and battery on a person 65 or older. —Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024

People will also have a chance to tour the old church one last time before a process begins to remove items and furnishings ahead of demolition, which officials now say will take place sometime in September or October. —Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024

The schedule for removing the three dams calls for finishing in August or September, which will allow for Chinook salmon to migrate upstream past the sites. —Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024

Roderick Boone joined the Observer in September 2021 to cover the Charlotte Hornets and NBA. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024

Ed Sheeran played his first U.S. gig since September at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night, in support of the organization’s Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation efforts to improve education, healthcare and homelessness in the city. —Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024

The sequence is a scene filmed in September for an independent movie that Barbara Neri is hoping to start shooting this summer. —Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 3 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English Septembre, from Anglo-French & Old English, both from Latin September (seventh month), from septem seven — more at seven

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

September

noun

Sep·​tem·​ber sep-ˈtem-bər 

səp-

: the ninth month of the year

Etymology

Middle English Septembre "the month of September," from Old English September and early French Septembre (both, same meaning), both from Latin September "the seventh month," from septem "seven"

Word Origin

The ancient Romans originally used a calendar which began the year with the month of March. The seventh month of the year was called September, from septem, a Latin word meaning "seven." The name was spelled Septembre when it was borrowed from early French into Middle English, but eventually the English spelling was changed to that of the original Latin.