season
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A period of the year when something particular happens.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsizən
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A period of the year when something particular happens.
Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
verb
transitive
To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
intransitive
To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
transitiveby extension
To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
intransitive
To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.
transitive
To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
transitive
To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A period of the year when something particular happens.
Used this way, season is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use season
- “He celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company.”noun
- “The regular sequence of the seasons.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Aged or processed.
Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
Occurring at or dependent on a particular season.
Depending on the season.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Combination of salt and vegetable extracts and spices and monosodium glutamate.
A ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainments.
At the appropriate time.
The season when travel is least active and rates are lowest.
The season when travel is most active and rates are highest.
The season during which it is legal to kill a particular species.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
A worker who finds employment only in certain seasons.
A statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year.
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