SEASON | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Season

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

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

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈsiːzn
Dialects: British English
Definition:

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.

Short Definition:

each of four divisions of year

Definition:

a set or sequence of related television programmes; a series

Short Definition:

set of related television programmes

Examples:
  • the first two seasons of the show
Definition:

a period when a female mammal is ready to mate

Short Definition:

period when female mammal is ready to mate

Examples:
  • the bitch can come into season at irregular intervals

Word: Season

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈsiːzn
Dialects: British English
Definition:

add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food)

Short Definition:

add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices

Examples:
  • season the soup to taste with salt and pepper
Definition:

make (wood) suitable for use as timber by adjusting its moisture content to that of the environment in which it will be used

Short Definition:

make wood suitable for use as timber by adjusting its moisture content

Examples:
  • I collect and season most of my wood

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