season

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UK [ˈsiː.zn̩] US [ˈsi.zn̩]

verb 6noun 5

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

well

PREP

with

I always season my soup with garlic and a bit of lemon juice for extra flavor.

PHRASES

highly seasoned

My grandmother loves to cook highly seasoned dishes that make my eyes water.

(noun.) of the year

ADJ

dry, monsoon, rainy, wet

During the monsoon season, the streets in our city flood almost every afternoon.

summer, winter, etc.

VERB + SEASON

be in, come into

Strawberries are now in season, so the farmers' market has plenty of fresh ones.

be out of, go out of

(noun.) period when an activity takes place

ADJ

holiday, tourist

high, peak

Many hotels charge higher prices during the high season when families take summer vacations.

low, off

During the low season, many restaurants offer discounts to attract more customers.

breeding, mating | growing, planting | lambing | cricket, football, hunting, racing, etc. | championship, league

gruelling, hard

After months of training and competing, the athletes were exhausted from such a gruelling season.

successful | disappointing, disastrous

During the close season, the football club gave all their players a two-week break.

consecutive, successive

The bakery has been closed for three consecutive seasons due to renovation work.

Christmas, festive

The Christmas season brings families together to celebrate and exchange gifts.

SEASON + NOUN

ticket

My friend bought a season ticket for the local gym and goes there three times a week.

PHRASES

the height of the season

Definitions

noun

Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter

we saw, in six days' traveling, the several seasons of the year in their beauty and perfection

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

A period of the year when something particular happens.

mating season

the rainy season

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

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.

The period over which a series of Test matches are played.

That which gives relish; seasoning.

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.

You lack the season of all natures, sleep.

verb

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

to season oneself to a climate

To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.

The timber needs to be seasoned.

To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.

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.

To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.

verb

To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding somet

verb — make fit

harden

verb — lend flavor to

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

silly season

A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories.

"Constant readers" of the Times […] must have been often amused by watching the change which yearly comes over the great journal during the months of autumn. When Parliament is no

open season

A period of time during the calendar year when authorities within a jurisdiction permit the unrestricted hunting of one or more kinds of animal wildlife.

"But there weren't many crabs in those days," the old man wandered on. "They were fished out, and they were great delicacies. The open season was only a month long, too."

close season

The time of year when no competition takes place.

out of season

Not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune.

gooseberry season

A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories.

Example Bank

we saw, in six days' traveling, the several seasons of the year in their beauty and perfection

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

Wiktionary

mating season

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to season oneself to a climate

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The timber needs to be seasoned.

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The wood has seasoned in the sun.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, season is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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