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  1. May (noun)
  2. may (verb)
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May

Pronounced:

/ˈmeɪ/Listen to audio

Function:

noun

Inflected forms:

plural Mays

Meaning:

: the fifth month of the year [noncount] ▪ in (early/middle/mid-/late) May ▪ early/late in May ▪ We arrived on May the fourth. = (US) We arrived on May fourth. = We arrived on the fourth of May. ▪ April showers bring May flowers. [=rain in April causes flowers to bloom in May] ▪ Shakespeare called it “the merry month of May.” [count] ▪ The last two Mays have been cold and rainy.
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