WordGarden.iomonth-long
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Meanings
Adjective
lasting for a month
Beyond the definition
Something month-long lasts for about a month, or sometimes for one full calendar month. A month-long trip gives you enough time to unpack, learn the streets, and start missing your own pillow.
Month-long is usually an adjective, and it often appears before a noun: a month-long festival, a month-long course, a month-long investigation. It does not always mean that something happens every minute of every day. A month-long celebration might include events spread across several weeks, while a month-long illness suggests a condition that lingered for most or all of that time. The word is practical and plain, but it can carry emotional weight too: a month-long silence can feel much longer than a month-long vacation.
Month-long describes something that continues for roughly one month, or for the whole span of a particular month. For example: "They took a month-long break from work," or "The museum hosted a month-long exhibit in June."
You will often see it used for planned events, projects, campaigns, studies, trips, or assignments. A month-long training program is not a single afternoon class; it stretches across weeks. A month-long sale may run from the first day of the month to the last, or it may simply last about thirty days.
Month-long can also describe experiences that feel extended, difficult, or memorable. Someone might talk about a month-long recovery, a month-long delay, or a month-long argument. In these cases, the word helps show that the situation did not pass quickly; it stayed around long enough to become part of daily life.
Grammatically, month-long is a compound adjective. It is most common before the noun it describes: "a month-long vacation." After the noun, people often rephrase it more naturally: "The vacation lasted a month." You may sometimes see monthlong written as one word, but the hyphenated form is clear and common.
So whether it is a festival, a job search, a silence, or a journey, month-long marks a stretch of time long enough to have its own shape, rhythm, and story.
Examples
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English course
She signed up for a month-long English course in London.
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Family visit
We stayed with my aunt during our month-long visit to Canada.
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Reading challenge
The library is hosting a month-long reading challenge for local students.
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Investigation
After a month-long investigation, the newspaper published its report.
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Labor strike
The workers ended their month-long strike after the company raised wages.
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Main spelling
- month-long