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   Sea·son

   /ˈsēz(ə)n/

   

   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 sport is played: "basketball season is over"
   • ▪ 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 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 programs: 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 flavoradd flavoring 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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   5 days ago · spring, in climatology, season of the year between winter and summer during which temperatures gradually rise. It is generally defined in the Northern Hemisphere as extending from the vernal equinox (day and night equal in length), March 20 or 21, to the summer solstice (year’s longest day), June 21 or 22, and in the Southern Hemisphere from ...

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   4 days ago · What is a Season? A season is a time period in the year characterized by certain weather conditions. These conditions can change depending on what country you’re in, but the descriptions of these seasons are generally the same. Each season has three months in it, and all the seasons and the months create a year.

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   1 day ago · Overview. The Köppen climate classification scheme divides climates into five main climate groups: A (tropical), B (arid), C (temperate), D (continental), and E (polar). [11] .

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   Are seasons the same around the world?

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   When do the seasons start and end?

   • Meteorologically speaking, the seasons are three-month periods. Summer is June, July and August. So, the summer months are over and autumn has now begun, and lasts through the rest of September, October and November. Before computer technology, it provided a more straightforward way of gathering and analysing statistics.

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   1 day ago · The St. Louis Cardinalshad a winning record every season from 2008 to 2022; since 2000, they have made the playoffs 16 times and reached four World Series. The Toronto Blue Jaysdon't have that ...

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   4 days ago · /ˌgroʊɪŋ ˌsizən/ IPA guide. Other forms: growing seasons. Definitions of growing season. noun. the season during which a crop grows best. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Growing season." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/growing season. Accessed 10 May. 2024. Copy citation.

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    4 days ago · Lent is a period of penitential preparation for the Christian feast of Easter. In Western churches it begins on Ash Wednesday. Lent is observed for 40 days, in imitation of Jesus Christ’s fast in the wilderness, and focuses on fasting, prayer, and almsgiving.