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FEBRUARY 2

 Dictionary entry overview: What does February 2 mean? 

FEBRUARY 2 (noun)
  The noun FEBRUARY 2 has 1 sense:

1. if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winterplay

  Familiarity information: FEBRUARY 2 used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FEBRUARY 2 (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

If the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

February 2; Groundhog Day

Hypernyms ("February 2" is a kind of...):

day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Holonyms ("February 2" is a part of...):

Feb; February (the month following January and preceding March)


 Context examples 


Mercury was retrograde from February 16 last month, though you felt the slowdowns begin earlier, from February 2 onward.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Last month, Mercury was retrograde from February 16 onward, but you started to feel the trademark slowdowns of Mercury out of phase earlier, from February 2.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mercury has been retrograde since February 16, but you began to feel the frustrating slowdowns that Mercury is known to bring as early as two weeks ahead—that would have been February 2—so last month you may have felt that with every two steps forward, you had to take one step back.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This intellectual planet of communication and transportation has been causing you delays and mix-ups ever since he went retrograde February 16. (In truth you began to feel the slowdown as early as February 2, as it is common to feel Mercury’s approaching retrograde for up to two weeks before it officially turns.) Now, however, everything is finally moving forward, and very quickly, as if a big blast of wind flew in your window.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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