| december | | |
| n. (time) | 1. dec, december | the last (12th) month of the year. |
| ~ gregorian calendar, new style calendar | the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752. |
| ~ december 31, new year's eve | the last day of the year. |
| ~ christmas day, dec 25, xmas, christmas | a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland. |
| ~ christmas, christmastide, christmastime, noel, yule, yuletide | period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6. |
| ~ gregorian calendar month | a month in the Gregorian calendar. |
| ~ mid-december | the middle part of December. |
Recent comments
3 weeks 4 days ago
7 weeks 5 days ago
9 weeks 1 day ago
24 weeks 3 days ago
24 weeks 3 days ago
24 weeks 3 days ago
25 weeks 1 day ago
29 weeks 2 days ago
30 weeks 1 day ago
31 weeks 14 hours ago