season

IPA: sˈizʌn

noun

  • Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
  • A part of a year when something particular happens.
  • A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
  • (cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
  • (obsolete) That which gives relish; seasoning.
  • (Canada, US, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
  • (archaic) An extended, undefined period of time.
  • (video games) The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
  • (video games) A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.

verb

  • (transitive) To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
  • (transitive, by extension) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
  • (intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
  • (intransitive) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.
  • (transitive) To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.
  • (obsolete) To impregnate (literally or figuratively).
  • (transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
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Examples of "season" in Sentences

  • The peak season for cherries is in the summer.
  • The onset of summer usually brings the rainy season.
  • Summer is the wettest season with the majority of the days.
  • During the summer breeding season, the marsh teems with life.
  • The Panchgnaga and its feeders are fordable in the hot season.
  • The population as much as trebles in the summer holiday season.
  • The nights in the hot season are comparatively cool and pleasant.
  • Summers are bracing and very rainy in the beginning of the season.
  • The population expands substantially in the summer during the tourism season.
  • In areas of the tropics and subtropics, the wet season occurs during the summer.

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