oct

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈɔkt/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Abbreviation of October, the tenth month of the year.; Abbreviation of octave, an interval of eight notes in a musical scale.; Abbreviation of octal, a base-8 number system used in computing.
  2. adjective
    Relating to or denoting the number eight; octal.
  3. noun
    Abbreviation of octagon, a polygon with eight sides.; Abbreviation of octopus, a marine mollusk with eight arms.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable

Collocations

Oct. 1stin Octearly Oct

Synonyms

October

Commonly confused

October
EN: 'Oct' is simply the written abbreviation of 'October'; they refer to the same month.
octa
EN: 'Octa-' is a prefix meaning 'eight' (as in octagon), while 'Oct' abbreviates the month October.

Spelling tips

EN: 'Oct' is an abbreviation and should typically be written with a period ('Oct.') in formal writing. Do not confuse it with the prefix 'oct-' meaning eight.

💬 Examples

  1. The conference is scheduled for Oct 15th.

  2. The singer can reach three octaves in her vocal range.

  3. The file permissions are displayed in oct notation.

  4. The oct system uses digits 0 through 7.

  5. The stop sign is shaped like an oct.

  6. The aquarium has a giant oct on display.