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 Definitions of Season  [ˈsi zən]  

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Definition of 'Season' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) season
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.

2.  season
a period of the year characterized by particular weather conditions:
the rainy season.

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

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

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

6.  season
an athletic team's term of competitive play in terms of total games or overall success.

7.  season
period; time:
in the season of my youth.

8. (v.t.) season
to give flavor to (food) by adding condiments, spices, or the like.

9.  season
to enhance:
conversation seasoned with wit.

10.  season
to make fit or inure by experience.

11.  season
to prepare for use, as by drying.

12. (v.i.) season
to become seasoned.

13.  season
in the proper time or state for use:
Asparagus is now in season.

14.  season
in the period regulated by law, as for hunting and fishing.

15.  season
(of an animal, esp. female) in heat.


Definition of 'Season' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) season
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
"he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"

2. (noun) season, time of year
one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
"the regular sequence of the seasons"

3. (verb) season
a recurrent time marked by major holidays
"it was the Christmas season"

4. (verb) season, flavor, flavour
lend flavor to
"Season the chicken breast after roasting it"

5. (verb) season, harden
make fit
"This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"

6. (verb) temper, season, mollify
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
"she tempered her criticism"


Definition of 'Season' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) season
one of the four periods a year is divided into
Which season is your favorite - winter, spring, summer or fall?

2.  season
a period of the year when a particular sport is played
the Major League baseball season

3.  season
in season
(of vegetables, fruit, etc.) grown naturally at this time of the year
Asparagus is in season in early summer.

4. (verb) season
to add herbs or spices to food
Season the chicken well before cooking.


Definition of 'Season' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Season
one of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy

2. (noun) Season
hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest

3. (noun) Season
a period of time not very long; a while; a time

4. (noun) Season
that which gives relish; seasoning

5. (verb) Season
to render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit

6. (verb) Season
to fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate

7. (verb) Season
hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber

8. (verb) Season
to fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food

9. (verb) Season
hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable

10. (verb) Season
to qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper

11. (verb) Season
to imbue; to tinge or taint

12. (verb) Season
to copulate with; to impregnate

13. (verb) Season
to become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate

14. (verb) Season
to become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun

15. (verb) Season
to give token; to savor


Translation of 'Season' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: one of the main divisions of the year according to the regular variation of the weather, length of day etc
The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter; The monsoon brings the rainy season.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: seisoen Arabic flag Arabic: فَصْل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: годишно време
Brazilian flag Brazilian: estação Czech flag Czech: roční období German flag German: die Jahreszeit
Danish flag Danish: årstid; -tid Greek flag Greek: εποχή Spanish flag Spanish: estación
Estonian flag Estonian: aastaaeg, hooaeg Farsi flag Farsi: فصل Finnish flag Finnish: vuodenaika
French flag French: saison Hebrew flag Hebrew: עוֹנָה Hindi flag Hindi: ऋतु
Croatian flag Croatian: godišnje doba, doba godin Hungarian flag Hungarian: évszak Indonesian flag Indonesian: musim
Icelandic flag Icelandic: árstíð Italian flag Italian: stagione Japanese flag Japanese: 季節
Korean flag Korean: 계절 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: metų laikas, sezonas Latvian flag Latvian: gadalaiks
Malay flag Malay: musim Dutch flag Dutch: seizoen Norwegian flag Norwegian: årstid
Polish flag Polish: pora roku Persian flag Persian: فصل Pashto flag Pashto: موسم، فصل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: estação Romanian flag Romanian: anotimp Russian flag Russian: время года; сезон
Slovak flag Slovak: ročné obdobie Slovenian flag Slovenian: letničas Serbian flag Serbian: sezona
Swedish flag Swedish: årstid, [regn]tid Thai flag Thai: ฤดูกาล Turkish flag Turkish: mevsim
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 四季其中之一 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пора року; сезон Urdu flag Urdu: موسم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mùa Chinese flag Chinese: 季节

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