sept
pronunciation
How to pronounce sept in British English:
UK [sept]
How to pronounce sept in American English:
US [sept]
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- Noun:
- people descended from a common ancestor
Word Origin
- sept (n.)
- 1540s, "enclosed area," from Latin septum (see septum). As "division of a nation or tribe," 1510s, "prob. a var. of sect" [OED].
Example
- 1. A un issued report dated sept 20 , 2006 stating that iraqi civilian casualties have been significantly under-reported .
- 2. Events were scheduled to take place on thursday in beijing to mark the signing of a joint statement between china and japan on sept 29 , 1972 .
- 3. The last public message from bin laden appears to have been on sept 26 , when he demanded that european countries pull their troops out of afghanistan .
- 4. Since the sept 11 , 2001 , attacks , the fbi has been criticized for not having enough employees fluent in foreign languages and for not moving fast enough to upgrade its computer system .
- 5. The united states food and drug administration announced sept 17 it is reviewing the link between use of the diabetes drug actos or pioglitazone and elevated risk of bladder cancer among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were using the medication .