The meaning of the word season

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: sēʹzən; (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsiː.zən/
  • Rhymes: -iːzən

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English sāwan (“to sow”), sǣd (“seed”). Displaced native Middle English sele (“season”) (from Old English sǣl (“season, time, occasion”)), Middle English tide (“season, time of year”) (from Old English tīd (“time, period, yeartide, season”)).

Noun[edit]

season (plural seasons)

  2. Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
    Synonyms: yeartide, yeartime
    • c. 1705, Joseph Addison, Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703
      we saw, in six days’ traveling, the several seasons of the year in their beauty and perfection

    • 1973, Jaques Brel (original version), Rod McKuen (lyrics), “Seasons in the Sun”, performed by Terry Jacks:

      We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, / But the wine and the song, / like the seasons, have all gone.

  3. A part of a year when something particular happens.

    mating season

    the rainy season

    the football season

    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients:

      Then there came a reg’lar terror of a sou’wester same as you don’t get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider’ble money getting ’em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.

  4. A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.

    • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

      He seldom was seen in the office himself, but occasionally a paragraph in the paper recorded that his yacht had touched at Mentone and that he had been seen at the Monte Carlo tables, or that he was expected in Leicestershire for the season.

  5. (cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
  6. (obsolete) That which gives relish; seasoning.

    • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

      O! she is fallen
      Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea
      Hath drops too few to wash her clean again,
      And salt too little which may season give
      To her foul-tainted flesh.

    • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

      You lack the season of all natures, sleep.

  8. (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.
    Synonym: series (British English)

    The third season of Friends aired from 1996 to 1997.

  9. (archaic) An extended, undefined period of time.
    • 1656, John Owen, The Mortification of Sin
      So it is in a person when a breach hath been made upon his conscience, quiet, perhaps credit, by his lust, in some eruption of actual sin; — carefulness, indignation, desire, fear, revenge are all set on work about it and against it, and lust is quiet for a season, being run down before them; but when the hurry is over and the inquest is past, the thief appears again alive, and is as busy as ever at his work.
    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
      A season of great doubt fell upon her soul.
  10. (video games) The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
  11. (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.
Usage notes[edit]

In British English, a year-long group of episodes of a television or radio show is called a series, whereas in North American English the word series is a synonym of program or show.

Derived terms[edit]
  • end-of-season
  • growing season
  • high season
  • in season
  • lambing season
  • low season
  • mating season
  • mid-season form
  • midseason
  • monsoon season
  • open season
  • out of season
  • preseason
  • rutting season
  • season ticket
  • seasonable
  • seasonal
  • seasonally
  • silly season
  • unseasonable
  • unseasonably
  • unseasonally
Descendants[edit]
  • → Japanese: シーズン (shīzun)
Translations[edit]

quarter of a year

  • Afrikaans: seisoen (af)
  • Albanian: stinë (sq) f
  • Arabic: فَصْل‎ (ar) m (faṣl), مَوْسِم‎ m (mawsim)
    Egyptian Arabic: فصل‎ m (faṣl), موسم‎ m (mūsem)
    Hijazi Arabic: فَصِل‎ m (faṣil), مَوْسِم‎ m (mawsim)
    Moroccan Arabic: فصل‎ (faṣl)
  • Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
  • Armenian: եղանակ (hy) (ełanak)
  • Assamese: ঋতু (ritu)
  • Asturian: estación (ast) f
  • Azerbaijani: mövsüm (az), fəsil (az)
  • Bashkir: миҙгел (miðgel)
  • Basque: urtaro (eu)
  • Belarusian: пара́ го́да f (pará hóda), сезо́н m (sjezón)
  • Bengali: ঋতু (bn) (ritu)
  • Breton: koulz-amzer m
  • Brunei Malay: musim
  • Bulgarian: сезон (bg) (sezon)
  • Burmese: ရာသီ (my) (rasi), ဥတု (my) (u.tu.)
  • Catalan: temps de l’any f, saó (ca) f, estació (ca) f
  • Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 季節／季节 (gwai3 zit3), 季 (gwai3)
    Mandarin: 季 (zh) (jì), 季節／季节 (zh) (jìjié)
    Min Nan: 季節／季节 (zh-min-nan) (kùi-choeh, kùi-cheh, kùi-chiat)
  • Cimbrian: stadjónge
  • Cornish: seson m, sesons m pl, sesonyow m pl
  • Corsican: staghjone
  • Cree: kâ-isiwêpahki
  • Czech: roční období (cs) n
  • Danish: årstid (da) c
  • Dutch: seizoen (nl) n, jaargetijde (nl) f
  • Elfdalian: årstið f
  • Esperanto: sezono
  • Estonian: aastaaeg (et)
  • Faroese: árstíð f
  • Finnish: vuodenaika (fi)
  • French: saison (fr) f
  • Friulian: stagjon, seson f
  • Galician: estación (gl) f
  • Georgian: წელიწადის დრო (c̣elic̣adis dro), სეზონი (sezoni)
  • German: Jahreszeit (de) f
    Central Franconian: (please verify) Joohreszitt
  • Greek: εποχή (el) f (epochí)
    Ancient: καιρός m (kairós)
  • Greenlandic: ukiup ilaa, ukiup kaajallakkiartornerata ilaa
  • Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
  • Haitian Creole: sezon
  • Hawaiian: kau
  • Hebrew: עוֹנָה‎ (he) f (oná)
  • Hindi: मौसम (hi) m (mausam), ऋतु (hi) f (ŕtu), फ़सल f (fasal), फस्ल (hi) f (phasla), फसल (hi) f (phasal), रित (hi) f (rit)
  • Hungarian: évszak (hu)
  • Hunsrik: Johreszeid f
  • Icelandic: árstíð (is) f
  • Ido: sezono (io)
  • Indonesian: musim (id)
    Sundanese: usum
  • Interlingua: station del anno
  • Irish: séasúr m, ráithe f
  • Italian: stagione (it) f
  • Japanese: 季節 (ja) (きせつ, kisetsu), 折節 (おりふし, orifushi)
  • Javanese: mangsa (jv)
  • Kannada: please add this translation if you can
  • Kazakh: жыл мезгілдері (jyl mezgılderı), маусым (kk) (mausym), мерзім (merzım)
  • Khmer: រដូវ (rɔdəw), ឧតុ (km) (ʼutoʼ)
  • Korean: 계절(季節) (ko) (gyejeol)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: وەرز‎ (ckb) (werz)
    Northern Kurdish: werz (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: мезгил (ky) (mezgil), сезон (ky) (sezon)
  • Lao: ລະດູ (la dū), ລະດູການ (lo) (la dū kān)
  • Latin: hora (la), tempestas f, tempus anni n
  • Latvian: gadalaiks m, sezona f
  • Lithuanian: metų laikas m
  • Luxembourgish: Joreszäit (lb) f
  • Macedonian: годишно време n (godišno vreme)
  • Malay: musim (ms)
  • Malayalam: ഋതു (ml) (r̥tu)
  • Maltese: staġun m
  • Manchu: ᡶᠣᡵᡤᠣᠨ (forgon)
  • Maori: kaupeka, houanga
  • Marathi: ऋतू (mr) (ŕtū)
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: улирал (mn) (uliral)
    Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠠᠷᠢᠯ (mn) (ularil)
  • Mòcheno: jorzait f
  • Narom: saîson
  • Navajo: nináháhááh
  • Nepali: ऋतु (ne) (r̥tu)
  • Northern Sami: jahkodat, jagiáigi
  • Northern Sotho: sehla
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: årstid (no) m or f, sesong m
  • Occitan: sason (oc) f
  • Old Norse: mál n
  • Oriya: ଋତୁ (rutu)
  • Pashto: موسم‎ m (mosem), فصل‎ (ps) m (fasᶕl)
  • Persian: موسم‎ (fa) (mowsem), فصل‎ (fa) (fasl)
  • Plautdietsch: Joarestiet f
  • Polish: pora roku (pl) f
  • Portuguese: estação (pt) f, sazão (pt) f
  • Quechua: mit’a
  • Romanian: sezon (ro) n, anotimp (ro) n
  • Romansch: stagiun f, stagiùn f, staschung f
  • Russian: вре́мя го́да (ru) n (vrémja góda), сезо́н (ru) m (sezón)
  • Samogitian: metu laikā
  • Scots: saison
  • Scottish Gaelic: aimsir f, ràith f
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: годишње доба n, до̑ба n
    Roman: godišnje doba n, dȏba (sh) n
  • Shona: mwaka yepaNyika
  • Sicilian: staciuni (scn) f, staggiuni (scn), stagiuni (scn), staciuna
  • Slovak: ročné obdobie n
  • Slovene: letni čas m
  • Somali: afarta xilli
  • Sorbian:
    Upper Sorbian: počas m
  • Spanish: estación (es) f
  • Swahili: msimu (sw)
  • Swedish: årstid (sv) c
  • Tagalog: pana-panahon (tl)
  • Tajik: мавсим (tg) (mavsim), фасл (tg) (fasl)
  • Tamil: பருவ காலம் (paruva kālam)
  • Telugu: రుతువు (te) (rutuvu)
  • Thai: ฤดู (th) (rʉ́-duu), หน้า (th) (nâa)
  • Tswana: setlha
  • Turkish: mevsim (tr), sezon (tr)
  • Turkmen: pasyl, möwsüm
  • Ukrainian: пора́ ро́ку f (porá róku), сезо́н m (sezón)
  • Urdu: موسم‎ m (mausam), فصل‎ m (fasl), رت‎ f (rit)
  • Uyghur: پەسىل‎ (pesil)
  • Uzbek: mavsum (uz), fasl (uz)
  • Venetian: stajon (vec), staxon, stagion
  • Vietnamese: mùa (vi)
  • Volapük: säsun (vo)
  • Walloon: såjhon (wa)
  • Welsh: tymor (cy) m
  • West Frisian: jiertiid (fy) c
  • Winnebago: mąąkirupinįra
  • Yiddish: תּקופֿה‎ f (tkufe)

part of year with something special

  • Arabic: مَوْسِم‎ m (mawsim)
    Egyptian Arabic: موسم‎ m (mūsem), سيزون‎ m (sizun)
    Hijazi Arabic: مَوْسِم‎ m (mawsim)
  • Armenian: սեզոն (hy) (sezon)
  • Azerbaijani: mövsüm (az)
  • Bashkir: миҙгел (miðgel)
  • Belarusian: сезо́н m (sjezón)
  • Brunei Malay: musim
  • Bulgarian: сезо́н (bg) m (sezón)
  • Catalan: saó (ca) f, època (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 季節／季节 (zh) (jìjié)
  • Czech: období (cs) n, sezóna (cs) f
  • Danish: sæson
  • Dutch: seizoen (nl) n
  • Estonian: hooaeg
  • Faroese: tíð (fo) f
  • Finnish: kausi (fi), sesonki (fi) (shopping)
  • French: saison (fr) f
  • Galician: tempada f, temporada f, anada (gl) f, tempo (gl) m
  • Georgian: სეზონი (sezoni), პერიოდი (ṗeriodi)
  • German: Saison (de) f
  • Greek: σεζόν (el) f (sezón)
  • Hindi: मौसम (hi) m (mausam)
  • Hungarian: idény (hu), szezon (hu), időszak (hu), (rarely) évad (hu)
  • Icelandic: vertíð f
  • Indonesian: musim (id)
    Sundanese: usum
  • Italian: stagione (it) f
  • Japanese: 旬 (ja) (しゅん, shun), 時期 (ja) (じき, jiki), シーズン (shīzun), 出盛り (desakari)
  • Javanese: mangsa (jv)
  • Khmer: ឧតុ (km) (ʼutoʼ)
  • Korean: 철 (ko) (cheol)
  • Lao: ລະດູການ (lo) (la dū kān)
  • Latin: tempus (la) n
  • Latvian: sezona f
  • Lithuanian: metas m, sezonas (lt) m
  • Malay: musim (ms)
  • Norwegian: sesong m, løpetid m or f (mating season)
  • Polish: sezon (pl) m inan
  • Portuguese: temporada (pt) f
  • Romansch: stagiun f, stagiùn f, staschung f
  • Russian: сезо́н (ru) m (sezón)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: сезона f
    Roman: sezona (sh) f
  • Slovak: obdobie n
  • Slovene: sezona f, obdobje n
  • Spanish: temporada (es) f, período (es) m, época (es) f (del año)
  • Swahili: msimu (sw)
  • Swedish: säsong (sv) c
  • Thai: ฤดู (th) (rʉ́-duu)
  • Turkish: mevsim (tr), sezon (tr)
  • Ukrainian: сезо́н m (sezón)
  • Walloon: såjhon (wa) f

a group of episodes

  • Afrikaans: seisoen (af)
  • Arabic: مَوْسِم‎ m (mawsim), جُزْء‎ (ar) m (juzʔ)
    Hijazi Arabic: مَوْسِم‎ m (mawsim)
  • Brunei Malay: musim
  • Bulgarian: сезон (bg) m (sezon)
  • Catalan: saó (ca) f, temporada (ca) f
  • Czech: sezóna (cs) f
  • Danish: sæson c
  • Esperanto: sezono
  • Estonian: hooaeg
  • Faroese: árgangur m
  • Finnish: kausi (fi), tuotantokausi
  • French: saison (fr)
  • Galician: tempada f
  • Georgian: სეზონი (sezoni)
  • German: Staffel (de) f
  • Greek: κύκλος (el) m (kýklos), σεζόν (el) f (sezón)
  • Hungarian: évad (hu)
  • Icelandic: þáttaröð f
  • Indonesian: musim tayang
  • Italian: stagione (it) f
  • Japanese: シーズン (shīzun)
  • Korean: 시즌 (ko) (sijeun)
  • Malay: musim (ms)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: sesong m
    Nynorsk: sesong m
  • Polish: sezon (pl) m
  • Portuguese: temporada (pt)
  • Russian: сезо́н (ru) m (sezón), серия (ru) f (serija)
  • Slovak: séria f
  • Spanish: temporada (es) f
  • Swedish: säsong (sv) c
  • Turkish: sezon (tr)
  • Welsh: cyfres (cy)

(obsolete) an extended, undefined period of time

  • French: temps (fr) m
See also[edit]
Seasons in English · seasons (layout · text) · category
spring summer autumn, fall winter

Verb[edit]

season (third-person singular simple present seasons, present participle seasoning, simple past and past participle seasoned)

  1. (transitive) To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.

    to season oneself to a climate

  2. (transitive, by extension) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.

    The timber needs to be seasoned.

  3. (intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
  4. (intransitive) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.

    The wood has seasoned in the sun.

  5. (transitive) To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.
  6. (obsolete) To impregnate (literally or figuratively).
    • 1599, The fift voyage of M. Iohn VVhite into the VVest Indies and parts of America called Virginia, in the yeere 1590 in Richard Hakluyt (editor), The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation
      When the male hath once seasoned the female he neuer after toucheth her.
    • 1601, Philemon Holland, The Historie of the World
      This prince‥would not suffer the Buls to come unto the Kine and season them, before they were both foure yeares old.

    • 1745, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, page 150:

      If you had seasoned me with that philosophy, which formeth the mind to ratiocination, and insensibly accustoms it to be satisfied with nothing but solid reasons, if you had given me those excellent precepts and doctrines, which raise the foul above the assaults of fortune, and reduce her to an unshakeable and always equal temper, and permit her not to be lifted up b prosperity, nor debased by adversity, if you had taken care to give me the knowledge of what we are, and what are the first principles of things, and had assisted me in forming in my mind a fit idea of the greatness of the universe, and of the admirable order and motion of the parts thereof, if, I say, you had instilled into me this kind of philosophy, I should think myself incomparably more obliged to you than Alexander was to his Aristotle

    • 1763, Edmund Burton, Antient Characters deduced from Classical Remains, page 82:

      In minds, not seasoned and impregnated with the due apprehension of those ends, that conduce to ease and security, there is usually a tempestuous discontent, that raises unruly ferments; an unkind gale, by whose resistless powers, the port is overreached.

Synonyms[edit]
  • (make fit for any use by time or habit): wont; see also Thesaurus:accustom
  • (prepare by drying): desiccate, dehydrate, exiccate, fordry
  • (become mature): age, grow up, mature; see also Thesaurus:to age
  • (become dry and hard): desiccate, dry out, dry up, fordry, shrivel up
  • (mingle): admix, alloy, intermingle; see also Thesaurus:mix
  • (impregnate): inseminate, fertilize, seed
Translations[edit]

to make fit for any use by time or habit

to prepare by drying or hardening

Etymology 2[edit]

From French assaisonner.

Verb[edit]

season (third-person singular simple present seasons, present participle seasoning, simple past and past participle seasoned)

  1. (transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
[edit]
  • seasoning
Translations[edit]

to flavour food

  • Breton: temzañ, sasuniñ
  • Bulgarian: слагам подправки (slagam podpravki)
  • Catalan: condimentar (ca), amanir (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 给调味
  • Czech: okořenit (cs), ochutit pf
  • Dutch: kruiden (nl)
  • Esperanto: spicigi, kondimenti, spici
  • Estonian: maitsestama
  • Finnish: maustaa (fi), höystää (fi)
  • French: épicer (fr), assaisonner (fr)
  • Galician: adobar (gl)
  • German: würzen (de), einlegen (de)
  • Greek:
    Ancient: ἀρτύω (artúō)
  • Hebrew: תיבל‎ (tee-BEL)
  • Hungarian: fűszerez (hu), ízesít (hu)
  • Indonesian: membumbui (id)
  • Irish: leasaigh
  • Italian: condire (it), insaporire (it)
  • Japanese: 味付けする (ja) (あじつけする, ajitsukesuru)
  • Latin: condiō
  • Lithuanian: skaninti, gardinti
  • Norwegian: krydre (no), smaksette
  • Old English: wyrtian
  • Polish: przyprawić (pl), przyprawiać (pl)
  • Portuguese: condimentar (pt), temperar (pt)
  • Romanian: condimenta (ro)
  • Slovene: začiniti pf, začinjati impf
  • Spanish: aliñar (es), condimentar (es), sazonar (es)
  • Swedish: krydda (sv)
  • Tagalog: lig-ingin
  • Turkish: çeşnilemek (tr), çeşni katmak (tr), baharat katmak, çeşnilendirmek
  • Vietnamese: nêm (vi)
  • Yiddish: צוריכטן‎ (tsurikhtn)

Anagrams[edit]

  • Easons, naoses, ossean

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

season

  1. Alternative form of sesoun

    • 1470–1483 (date produced)​, Thomas Malory, “[Launcelot and Guinevere]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, recto:

      IN Maẏ whan eúý harte floryſhyth́ ⁊ burgruyth́ for as the ſeaſon ys luſty to be holde and comfortable ſo man and woman reioyſyth and gladith of ſom[er] cõmynge wt his freyſhe floures

      IN May, when every heart flourisheth and burgeneth; for as the season is lusty to behold, and comfortable, so man and woman rejoice and be glad of summer coming with his fresh flowers.
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I am for _meddling with slavery everywhere_ — _attacking it by night and by day, in season and out of season_ (no, it can never be out of season) — in order to _effect its overthrow_. ❋ George Washington Williams (N/A)

Stats that may or may not be relevant for today’s match: * Four of the last five Utd v Liverpool games have had at least three goals* United’s league record last season after Champ Lge matches: W3 D2 L5* There have been six red cards in the last seven matches* United have yet to concede a goal at Old Trafford this season* Liverpool are yet to score a league goal away from home this season ❋ Unknown (2010)

Another 25-win season is attainable, particularly if San Diego State’s tradition of playing a relatively soft nonconference slate continues. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The program’s second straight 20-win season is another feather in the cap of fifth-year coach Cliff Warren, who might get consideration for some of the openings at bigger schools. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, if its in season ill sight in and not touch the bore untill the season is over unless i put it through a rain or snow storm. most of the time though when i hunt ill wipe down any exposed metal with some Rem Oil ❋ Unknown (2009)

If the Bobcats can get consistent play at the quarterback position, a 10-win season is certainly possible. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At our summer place on the Platte River, we can still shoot most anything in season from the back porch — squirrels, turkeys, deer, etc. — thank goodness our world out here still doesn’t turn as fast as your world back east, but I’m afraid my grand children will find things different when they get to my age. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Yet again, another episode of Atlantis that I enjoyed sitting through but one of my least favorites of the season, which isn’t saying much because the season is awesome and I still enjoyed this episode. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So, before it’s too late and pumpkin season is over, here’s what I did with the rest of Penelope the Pumpkin. ❋ Sarah Lenz (2008)

A 12-win season is within the realm of possibility. ❋ Unknown (2007)

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Another 60-win season is possible for the San Antonio Spurs thanks to the fourth-quarter play of Tim Duncan and Michael Finley. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The 10-win season is only the second in school history, one shy of the mark set by the Scarlet Knights ‘undefeated team in 1976. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Chris Carpenter SP – another 21-win season is asking a lot ❋ Unknown (2006)

Also, the season is short for the freshly picked ones. ❋ Lindy (2005)

Fish, when bought in season is much cheaper and you can’t touch my filetes for less than about 8 US dollars a pound (if you compare quality to quality) up north. ❋ Unknown (2003)

May 7: Even for Johnson, 30-win season is a long shot ❋ Unknown (2002)

To try to «plant» out of season is vanity, however good in season; so to make earthly things the chief end is vanity, however good they be in order and season. ❋ Unknown (1871)

After deciding that she was willing to join [the oldest profession], she found a pimp — who insisted that she be [properly seasoned] before seeing any johns. To season her, [the pimp] gathered ten of his friends for a vigorous gang bang ❋ DS77 (2008)

She’s just a season, she needs to pay her part of [the bill]. He’s just a season, he needs to [take care of] his own [bill]. ❋ Paine5 (2009)

[Kati] wouldn’t stop [rolling around] in bed, so the next night i gave her a [seasoning] of epic porportions. ❋ NasteaN8 (2010)

«Hey man, who built that [Santa Clause] house?»
«I don’t know dude, but whoever it was [must have been] a SEASONED [carpenter]!» ❋ Have2hunt (2014)

ex1:
You know, ever since Carl started dating that Latina he became [seasoned].
ex2:
friend1: Sofia started talking to [Jun] and now she wants to go get [boba] everyday
friend 2: she has been seasoned. ❋ Isisgabs (2020)

Guy 1 : Do you see jimmy [hanging out] with those [cool guys] over there
Guy 2: yeah I hear them say he is [seasoned]. ❋ TheOneOnlyLegend (2019)

In a restaurant kitchen;
Cook: How’s the new [dishwasher]? Does he require [babysitting]?
Manager: No, he’s seasoned. He worked two years at that [barbecue] place down the street. ❋ JohnBoy28 (2009)

«All these haters [salty]; I’m too [seasoned], homie.»
«HOW THE HELL CAN YOU BE CHILL IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS?!»
«Rich, he’s too seasoned to [panic].» ❋ SonicPman (2017)

[Boy 1]: she is [so in] seasonBoy 2: [Yh] she was all over me ❋ Summer1260 (2011)

I [lover] her but I just [met] her.
[Must be] a Season ❋ Abadas (2018)

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Noun



I enjoy watching the seasons change every year.



These plants have a short growing season.



Deer season starts next week.



Monsoon season is coming soon.



This season’s fashions are very feminine.



Pink is in style this season.



The theater company will be putting on plays by Shakespeare this season.



one of the shows in the network’s season lineup

Verb



You must season the firewood.



the chef seasoned the vegetables as soon as they came out of the oven

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Hughes was 9-16 last year and has not had a winning season in three years, since winning the Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference Red Division championship and finishing 20-6 overall.


—James Weber, The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2023




If quantity and quality of work in an annual spring game is any indication, Jacob Zeno is set to become the starting quarterback for the UAB football team as the program enters its inaugural season in the American Athletic Conference.


—Evan Dudley, al, 12 Apr. 2023




Ahead of patio season, get this sleek four-person metal patio table for 33% off.


—Samantha Jones, Good Housekeeping, 12 Apr. 2023




The Portland Trail Blazers ended their 2022-23 season on Sunday with a 157-101 loss at home to the Golden State Warriors that left the team’s record at 33-49.


—Afentres, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2023




Equally as essential: a reliable lace-up boot for the colder seasons, velvet slippers for black-tie events, and sleek slides for poolside and the beach.


—Dania Lucero Ortiz, townandcountrymag.com, 12 Apr. 2023




In May, Bongiovi supported brown at the New York City premiere of Stranger Things season 4.


—Rosa Sanchez, Harper’s BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2023




But the agency expects about 168 million returns to be filed this year, which means about 78 million taxpayers are waiting until the last few weeks of the tax season to send their returns to the tax agency.


—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023




The 2011-12 winter season holds the record for the most snow, with more than 134 inches falling in Anchorage that year.


—Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023



But everything is a trade off, and the heavier cast-iron models are easy to season to maintain a non-stick surface.


—Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023




When used to season food before cooking or stirred into a batter or dough, the unique textures and flavors of your fancy, more expensive salt will probably be lost.


—Becky Krystal, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023




When used to season food before cooking or stirred into a batter or dough, the unique textures and flavors of your fancy, more expensive salt will probably be lost.


—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023




Cast iron Dutch ovens also need to be properly seasoned before storing to prevent rust, which can form simply due to air exposure.


—Taryn Mohrman, Good Housekeeping, 23 Mar. 2023




That brings us to season 3.


—Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2023




It’s mostly used to season shellfish.


—cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023




Just be sure to season the turkey well.


—Sarah Walker Caron, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2022




According to head blender Meghan Ireland and head of whiskey development Liz Rhoades, the Greek nectar used to season a barrel was similar to a concentrate, a non-barrel-aged syrup made from Greek figs.


—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2022


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To this day, I hate walnuts and I hate onions because on weekends when the walnuts and onions were in season, we were out there first thing in the morning and out there until the sun went down topping onions or picking walnuts.

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEASON

From Old French seson, from Latin satiō a sowing, from serere to sow.

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PRONUNCIATION OF SEASON

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEASON

Season is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb season in English.

WHAT DOES SEASON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Season

A season is a division of the year, marked by changes in weather, ecology, and hours of daylight. Seasons result from the yearly orbit of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth’s rotational axis relative to the plane of the orbit. In temperate and polar regions, the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth’s surface, variations of which may cause animals to go into hibernation or to migrate, and plants to be dormant. During May, June, and July, the northern hemisphere is exposed to more direct sunlight because the hemisphere faces the sun. The same is true of the southern hemisphere in November, December, and January. It is the tilt of the Earth that causes the Sun to be higher in the sky during the summer months which increases the solar flux. However, due to seasonal lag, June, July, and August are the hottest months in the northern hemisphere and December, January, and February are the hottest months in the southern hemisphere. In temperate and subpolar regions, four calendar-based seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter.


Definition of season in the English dictionary

The first definition of season in the dictionary is one of the four equal periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices, resulting from the apparent movement of the sun north and south of the equator during the course of the earth’s orbit around it. These periods have their characteristic weather conditions in different regions, and occur at opposite times of the year in the N and S hemispheres. Other definition of season is a period of the year characterized by particular conditions or activities. Season is also the period during which any particular species of animal, bird, or fish is legally permitted to be caught or killed.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SEASON

PRESENT

Present

I season

you season

he/she/it seasons

we season

you season

they season

Present continuous

I am seasoning

you are seasoning

he/she/it is seasoning

we are seasoning

you are seasoning

they are seasoning

Present perfect

I have seasoned

you have seasoned

he/she/it has seasoned

we have seasoned

you have seasoned

they have seasoned

Present perfect continuous

I have been seasoning

you have been seasoning

he/she/it has been seasoning

we have been seasoning

you have been seasoning

they have been seasoning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I seasoned

you seasoned

he/she/it seasoned

we seasoned

you seasoned

they seasoned

Past continuous

I was seasoning

you were seasoning

he/she/it was seasoning

we were seasoning

you were seasoning

they were seasoning

Past perfect

I had seasoned

you had seasoned

he/she/it had seasoned

we had seasoned

you had seasoned

they had seasoned

Past perfect continuous

I had been seasoning

you had been seasoning

he/she/it had been seasoning

we had been seasoning

you had been seasoning

they had been seasoning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will season

you will season

he/she/it will season

we will season

you will season

they will season

Future continuous

I will be seasoning

you will be seasoning

he/she/it will be seasoning

we will be seasoning

you will be seasoning

they will be seasoning

Future perfect

I will have seasoned

you will have seasoned

he/she/it will have seasoned

we will have seasoned

you will have seasoned

they will have seasoned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been seasoning

you will have been seasoning

he/she/it will have been seasoning

we will have been seasoning

you will have been seasoning

they will have been seasoning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would season

you would season

he/she/it would season

we would season

you would season

they would season

Conditional continuous

I would be seasoning

you would be seasoning

he/she/it would be seasoning

we would be seasoning

you would be seasoning

they would be seasoning

Conditional perfect

I would have season

you would have season

he/she/it would have season

we would have season

you would have season

they would have season

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been seasoning

you would have been seasoning

he/she/it would have been seasoning

we would have been seasoning

you would have been seasoning

they would have been seasoning

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you season
we let´s season
you season

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Present Participle

seasoning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEASON

Synonyms and antonyms of season in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «SEASON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «season» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «season» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEASON

Find out the translation of season to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of season from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «season» in English.

Translator English — Chinese


季节

1,325 millions of speakers

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estación

570 millions of speakers

English


season

510 millions of speakers

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मौसम

380 millions of speakers

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مَوْسِم

280 millions of speakers

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время года

278 millions of speakers

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estação do ano

270 millions of speakers

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ঋতু

260 millions of speakers

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saison

220 millions of speakers

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Musim

190 millions of speakers

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Jahreszeit

180 millions of speakers

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季節

130 millions of speakers

Translator English — Korean


계절

85 millions of speakers

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Mangsa

85 millions of speakers

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mùa

80 millions of speakers

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சீசன்

75 millions of speakers

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हंगाम

75 millions of speakers

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sezon

70 millions of speakers

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stagione

65 millions of speakers

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pora roku

50 millions of speakers

Translator English — Ukrainian


сезон

40 millions of speakers

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sezon

30 millions of speakers

Translator English — Greek


εποχή

15 millions of speakers

Translator English — Afrikaans


seisoen

14 millions of speakers

Translator English — Swedish


säsong

10 millions of speakers

Translator English — Norwegian


årstid

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of season

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEASON»

The term «season» is very widely used and occupies the 1.647 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

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FREQUENCY

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEASON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «season» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «season» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about season

10 QUOTES WITH «SEASON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word season.

These girls come; they last one season; they’re completely used up and dried out and sent back home. That’s not how to make a life. I want a girl to come in knowing full well what she’s getting into and being able to deal and make decisions that will create a career.

I have been dealing with back problems since 1995 when I was with the Blackhawks, and I’ve only missed part of one season because of it. That was last season in Toronto.

It’s exciting that you’ve got an entire season to experience 24 hours of highly dramatically charged human experience. It allows for the close inspection of minutiae in behaviour.

To this day, I hate walnuts and I hate onions because on weekends when the walnuts and onions were in season, we were out there first thing in the morning and out there until the sun went down topping onions or picking walnuts.

Every season has its lipstick trend, and just because your perfect color is a pinky beige, that doesn’t mean you can’t wear deep burgundy.

Christmas and the holidays are the season of giving. It’s a time when people are more kind and open-hearted.

I struggled quite a long time with my backhand, which was one of my best weapons before my surgery. It took me a long time until I regained full confidence in it again and only tried to keep the ball in play at the start of the ’09 season.

The most special Slam is Wimbledon, of course. But where I feel the best is Melbourne. And you’re happy that you’re playing. When you get to the middle of the season, everything is week after week, and it’s all routine. But when it’s Melbourne in January, you are fresh and you want to play. It’s nice.

There are seasons in life. Don’t ever let anyone try to deny you the joy of one season because they believe you should stay in another season… Listen to yourself. Trust your instincts. Keep your perspective.

Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEASON»

Discover the use of season in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to season and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

1

Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood

The bestselling inspirational book in which the author reunites with a childhood football hero, now a minister and coach, and witnesses a revelatory demonstration of the true meaning of manhood.

2

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home …

If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you.

3

Season of Migration to the North

A beautifully constructed novel set in the Sudan and Europe. ‘Among the six finest novels to be written in modern Arabic literature.’ Edward Said»

Tayeb Salih, al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ, 1991

Seamlessly blending heart-pounding romance and breathless intrigue, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard writes a masterful, stylish, and provocative suspense novel that absolutely defies readers to put it down.

5

A Season on the Mat: Dan Gable and the Pursuit of Perfection

A dramatic retelling of the University of Iowa’s winning 1996-1997 wrestling season is presented through the story of its coach, from the numerous surgeries that ended his own athletic career to his role in the team’s capture of a national …

Life is looking up for D.J. Schwenk.

Catherine Gilbert Murdock, 2008

Three girls in Atlanta fall in and out of love. Now each has an invitation to the hottest teen society party of the year. Can they handle the pressure of getting everything they think they want?

8

The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight …

In this reissue of the environmental classic The Burning Season, with a new introduction by the author, Andrew Revkin artfully interweaves the moving story of Chico Mendes’s struggle with the broader natural and human history of the world’s …

The work of a lyrical and gifted storyteller, Bee Season marks the arrival of an extraordinarily talented new writer. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Allegra spends her twelfth summer practicing a Mozart concerto for a violin competition and finding many significant connections in her world.

Virginia Euwer Wolff, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEASON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term season is used in the context of the following news items.

Sanchez to miss start of season

The 26-year-old scored 25 goals for the Gunners last season as Arsene Wenger’s side finished third in the Premier League, and added a stunning goal as they … «BBC Sport, Jul 15»

Here’s What to Expect From True Detective Season 2

The second season of True Detective has a new cast, new directors and a new plot. But since creator Nic Pizzolatto also wrote both seasons, the True Detective … «TIME, Jun 15»

What to Expect From the Season Finale of Game of Thrones

By and large, Game of Thrones finales have served as epilogues to the drama of the previous nine hours of the season, in particular whatever shocking or … «TIME, Jun 15»

Everything you need to remember about Season 2 of ‘Orange Is the …

Vee is (probably) dead, Figueroa is out and Pornstache is headed to prison. In the event that you’d rather not mainline 13 hours of Season 2 just so you’re back … «Washington Post, Jun 15»

‘Game of Thrones’ recap, season 5 episode 9: ‘The Dance of …

This recap discusses the equally awesome and depressing events from “The Dance of Dragons,” the ninth episode of the fifth season of “Game of Thrones. «Washington Post, Jun 15»

Hurricane forecasting evolving with new storm surge products …

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season will likely be below-normal, but that’s no reason to believe coastal areas will have it … «NOAA, May 15»

Dancing With the Stars: Season 20 winners talk victory and what’s next

It’s time to pack up the fringe, glitter, and spray tan machines, because season 20 of Dancing With the Stars is a wrap. Rumer Willis and partner Val … «Entertainment Weekly, May 15»

Why this season’s ‘Bachelorette’ is the most addictive — and absurd …

During the premiere of the 11th season of “The Bachelorette” Monday night, “25 of the most eligible bachelors in the country” gathered at the mansion to meet, … «New York Post, May 15»

‘American Idol’ to be eliminated after 2016 season

The long-running singing competition, not one of its singers, is being voted out by Fox, which will give it a 15th and final season next year. A once-monumental … «USA TODAY, May 15»

On her own: ‘Good Wife’ goes back to square one in season finale

Toward the end of the season, her dream was realized, only to have it slip away when the Democratic party machine threw her under the bus and she had to … «New York Post, May 15»

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noun

one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.

a period of the year characterized by particular conditions of weather, temperature, etc.: the rainy season.

a period of the year when something is best or available: the oyster season.

a period of the year marked by certain conditions, activities, etc.: baseball season.

a period of the year immediately before and after a special holiday or occasion: the Christmas season.

Sports.

  1. a period with reference to the total number of games to be played by a team: a 162-game season.
  2. a period with reference to the won-lost record of a team after it has completed its schedule: a .700 season.

any period or time: in the season of my youth.

a suitable, proper, fitting, or right time: This is not the season for frivolity.

verb (used with object)

to heighten or improve the flavor of (food) by adding condiments, spices, herbs, or the like.

to give relish or a certain character to: conversation seasoned with wit.

to mature, ripen, or condition by exposure to suitable conditions or treatment: a writer seasoned by experience.

to dry or otherwise treat (lumber) so as to harden and render immune to shrinkage, warpage, etc.

to accustom or harden: troops seasoned by battle.

verb (used without object)

to become seasoned, matured, hardened, or the like.

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Idioms about season

    for a season, for a time, especially a short time: He lived in Paris for a season.

    in good season, in enough time; sufficiently early: Applicants will be notified of our decision in good season.

    in season,

    1. in the time or state for use, eating, etc.: Asparagus is now in season.
    2. in the period regulated by law, as for hunting and fishing.
    3. at the right time; opportunely.
    4. (of an animal, especially female) in a state of readiness for mating; in heat.
    5. in good season.

    in season and out of season, regardless of time or season; at all times: Misfortunes plague this family in season and out of season.

    out of season, not in season: The price is so high because lilacs are out of season now.

Origin of season

1250–1300; (noun) Middle English sesoun, seson<Old French se(i)son<Latin satiōn- (stem of satiō) a sowing (Vulgar Latin: sowing time), equivalent to sa- (variant stem of serere to sow) + -tiōn--tion; (v.) Middle English seso(u)nen<Old French saisonner to ripen, make palatable by aging, derivative of seison

OTHER WORDS FROM season

sea·soned·ly, adverbsea·son·er, nounsea·son·less, adjectivenon·sea·soned, adjective

o·ver·sea·son, verb (used with object)post·sea·son, adjective, nounpre·sea·son, nounre·sea·son, verbwell-seasoned, adjective

Words nearby season

seaside sparrow, sea slater, sea slug, seasnail, sea snake, season, seasonable, seasonal, seasonal affective disorder, seasonality, seasonal unemployment

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Words related to season

fall, period, summer, time, winter, qualify, autumn, division, interval, juncture, occasion, opportunity, spell, spring, term, while, color, enliven, lace, leaven

How to use season in a sentence

  • The calendar even schedules some trials to match the season.

  • That her torn Achilles tendon cost her a season, but didn’t affect her game in any other way, is a marvel.

  • The move to a virtual campaign season has upended some publishers’ events plans too.

  • Key season for dairy is Christmas and Thanksgiving when we’re all home baking.

  • He belted 22 homers and stole 16 bases in a partial season while displaying a powerful arm at shortstop.

  • We won’t find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.

  • Will the Pam/Krieger relationship be an ongoing theme this season?

  • Will we discover whether or not Krieger is a clone this season, and will that be an ongoing plotline?

  • Its fearless creator opens up about the hilarious new season.

  • What criticisms of last season did you find helpful, and not so helpful?

  • But Polavieja started his campaign with the immense advantage of having the whole of the dry season before him.

  • A friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her husband.

  • Two unsophisticated country lasses visited Niblo’s in New York during the ballet season.

  • He was living quite en garçon, with only one man, his house having been let for the season.

  • Conditions in the new country had gone from bad to worse, and if the season should experience another drought, the worst was come.

British Dictionary definitions for season

noun

one of the four equal periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices, resulting from the apparent movement of the sun north and south of the equator during the course of the earth’s orbit around it. These periods (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) have their characteristic weather conditions in different regions, and occur at opposite times of the year in the N and S hemispheres

a period of the year characterized by particular conditions or activitiesthe rainy season

the period during which any particular species of animal, bird, or fish is legally permitted to be caught or killedopen season on red deer

a period during which a particular entertainment, sport, etc, takes placea season at the National Theatre; the football season; the tourist season

(esp formerly) a period of fashionable social events in a particular placethe London season

any definite or indefinite period

any of the major periods into which the ecclesiastical calendar is divided, such as Lent, Advent, or Easter

(sometimes capital) Christmas (esp in the phrases compliments of the season, Season’s greetings)

a period or time that is considered proper, suitable, or natural for something

in good season early enough

in season

  1. (of game) permitted to be caught or killed
  2. (of fresh food) readily available
  3. Also: in heat, on heat (of some female mammals) sexually receptive
  4. appropriate

verb

(tr) to add herbs, salt, pepper, or spice to (food)

(tr) to add zest to

(in the preparation of timber) to undergo or cause to undergo drying

(tr; usually passive) to make or become mature or experiencedseasoned troops

(tr) to mitigate or temperto season one’s admiration with reticence

Derived forms of season

seasoned, adjectiveseasoner, nounseasonless, adjective

Word Origin for season

C13: from Old French seson, from Latin satiō a sowing, from serere to sow

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Scientific definitions for season

One of four natural divisions of the year-spring, summer, autumn, and winter-in temperate zones. Each season has its own characteristic weather and lasts approximately three months. The change in the seasons is brought about by the shift in the angle at which the Sun’s rays strike the Earth. This angle changes as the Earth orbits in its yearly cycle around the Sun due to the tilt of the Earth’s axis. For example, when the northern or southern hemisphere of the Earth is at an angle predominantly facing the Sun and has more daylight hours of direct, overhead sunlight than nighttime hours, it is in its summer season; the opposite hemisphere is in then opposite condition and is in its winter season. See also equinox solstice.

In some tropical climates, either of the two divisions-rainy and dry-into which the year is divided. These divisions are defined on the basis of levels of precipitation.

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Other Idioms and Phrases with season

see in season; open season.

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