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JUNE 21

 Dictionary entry overview: What does June 21 mean? 

JUNE 21 (noun)
  The noun JUNE 21 has 1 sense:

1. June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost pointplay

  Familiarity information: JUNE 21 used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JUNE 21 (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

June 21; midsummer; summer solstice

Hypernyms ("June 21" is a kind of...):

solstice (either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator)

Holonyms ("June 21" is a part of...):

June (the month following May and preceding July)

summer; summertime (the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox)


 Context examples 


Neptune, the planet ruling your second house of earned income, has been retrograde since June 21 and will go direct finally on November 27.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The study was published online June 21 in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.

(Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s, VOA News)

Neptune has been retrograding since June 21, so this is welcome news.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Neptune has been retrograding since June 21, a very long time.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Neptune, the planet of love and creativity, has been retrograding since June 21 but will turn direct on November 27.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In another aspect, Neptune, which has been retrograde since June 21, will go direct on November 27.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

As the month edges to a close, Neptune will go direct on November 27, having been retrograde since June 21.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Finally, Neptune is going direct on November 27, having been retrograde since June 21.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Neptune, your guardian planet, has been retrograde since June 21 but will move forward this month on November 27.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If your birthday falls between June 21 and June 28, you will get a double-dip of pleasure from this beautiful new moon, February 23 at four degrees Pisces, and into the weeks that follow.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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