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   season

   /ˈsiːzn/

   noun

   • 1. each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.
   • ▪ a period of the year characterized by a particular climatic feature or marked by a particular activity, event, or festivity: "the rainy season"
   • ▪ a fixed time in the year when a particular sporting activity is pursued: "the English cricket season is almost upon us"
   • ▪ the time of year when a particular fruit, vegetable, or other food is plentiful and in good condition: "the pies are made with fruit that is in season"
   • ▪ a time of year traditionally adopted by the English upper classes for a series of fashionable social events.
   • ▪ a proper or suitable time: archaic "to everything there is a season"
   • ▪ an indefinite or unspecified period of time; a while: archaic "this most beautiful soul; who walked with me for a season in this world"
   • 2. a set or sequence of related television programmes; a series: North American "the first two seasons of the show"
   • 3. a period when a female mammal is ready to mate: "the bitch can come into season at irregular intervals"

   verb

   • 1. add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food): "season the soup to taste with salt and pepper" Similar flavouradd flavouring toadd salt/pepper tospiceadd spices/herbs toinformal:pep upadd zing to
   • ▪ add a quality or feature to (something), especially so as to make it more lively or exciting: "his conversation is seasoned liberally with exclamation points and punch lines" Similar enlivenleavenadd spice toenrichliven upanimateaugmentinformal:pep upadd zest/zing to
   • 2. make (wood) suitable for use as timber by adjusting its moisture content to that of the environment in which it will be used: "I collect and season most of my wood" Similar matureagemellowconditionacclimatizetemperprepareprimeripen

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French seson, from Latin satio(n-) ‘sowing’, later ‘time of sowing’, from the root of serere ‘to sow’.

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   What does season mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! SEASON definition: 1. one of the four periods of the year; spring, summer, autumn, or winter 2. the period of the year…. Learn more.

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   What does season mean in astrology?

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

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   How do you use season in a sentence?

   • You can use season to refer to the period during each year when a particular activity or event takes place. For example, the planting season is the period when a particular plant or crop is planted. ...birds arriving for the breeding season. For law students, autumn brings the recruiting season.

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   What does season mean in sports?

   • You can use season to refer to a fixed period during each year when a particular sport is played. ...the baseball season. It is his first race this season. A season is a period in which a play or show, or a series of plays or shows, is performed in one place. ...a season of three new plays.

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   What is spring season?

   • a period of time during one year when a particular style of clothes, hair, etc. is popular and fashionable This season's look is soft and romantic. The fashion magazines are full of the new look for the spring season.

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   What is a season based on?

   • A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region.

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   Ecologically speaking, a season is a period of the year in which only certain types of floral and animal events happen (e.g.: flowers bloom—spring; hedgehogs hibernate—winter). So, if a change in daily floral and animal events can be observed, the season is changing.

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   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.

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