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Definitions for Seasons

[1] 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] a period of the year characterized by particular conditions of weather, temperature, etc.: the rainy season.
[3] a period of the year when something is best or available: the oyster season.
[4] a period of the year marked by certain conditions, activities, etc.: baseball season.
[5] a period of the year immediately before and after a special holiday or occasion: the Christmas season.
[6] Sports . a period with reference to the total number of games to be played by a team: a 162-game season. a period with reference to the won-lost record of a team after it has completed its schedule: a .700 season.
[7] any period or time: in the season of my youth.
[8] a suitable, proper, fitting, or right time: This is not the season for frivolity.
[9] to heighten or improve the flavor of (food) by adding condiments, spices, herbs, or the like.
[10] to give relish or a certain character to: conversation seasoned with wit.
[11] to mature, ripen, or condition by exposure to suitable conditions or treatment: a writer seasoned by experience.
[12] to dry or otherwise treat (lumber) so as to harden and render immune to shrinkage, warpage, etc.
[13] to accustom or harden: troops seasoned by battle.
[14] to become seasoned, matured, hardened, or the like.
[15] for a season , for a time, especially a short time: He lived in Paris for a season.
[16] in good season , in enough time; sufficiently early: Applicants will be notified of our decision in good season.
[17] in season , in the time or state for use, eating, etc.: Asparagus is now in season. in the period regulated by law, as for hunting and fishing. at the right time; opportunely. (of an animal, especially female) in a state of readiness for mating; in heat. in good season.
[18] in season and out of season , regardless of time or season; at all times: Misfortunes plague this family in season and out of season.
[19] out of season , not in season: The price is so high because lilacs are out of season now.
[20] an oratorio (1801) by Franz Joseph Haydn.
[21] one of the four equal periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices, resulting from the apparent movement of the sun north and south of the equator during the course of the earth's orbit around it. These periods (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) have their characteristic weather conditions in different regions, and occur at opposite times of the year in the N and S hemispheres
[22] a period of the year characterized by particular conditions or activities the rainy season
[23] the period during which any particular species of animal, bird, or fish is legally permitted to be caught or killed open season on red deer
[24] a period during which a particular entertainment, sport, etc, takes place a season at the National Theatre ; the football season ; the tourist season
[25] (esp formerly) a period of fashionable social events in a particular place the London season
[26] any definite or indefinite period
[27] any of the major periods into which the ecclesiastical calendar is divided, such as Lent, Advent, or Easter
[28] (sometimes capital) Christmas (esp in the phrases compliments of the season, Season's greetings )
[29] a period or time that is considered proper, suitable, or natural for something
[30] in good season early enough
[31] in season (of game) permitted to be caught or killed (of fresh food) readily available Also: in heat , on heat (of some female mammals) sexually receptive appropriate
[32] (tr) to add herbs, salt, pepper, or spice to (food)
[33] (tr) to add zest to
[34] (in the preparation of timber) to undergo or cause to undergo drying
[35] (tr; usually passive) to make or become mature or experienced seasoned troops
[36] (tr) to mitigate or temper to season one's admiration with reticence

Words related to Seasons

ummer, fall, period, winter, time, qualify, division, term, interval, spring, spell, autumn, while, occasion, opportunity, juncture, lace, color, pep, enliven

Words nearby Seasons

easickness, seaside, seaside knotweed, seaside sparrow, seasnail, season, season creep, season ticket, seasonable, seasonal, seasonal affective disorder

Origin of Seasons

1250–1300; (noun) Middle English sesoun, seson < Old French se(i)son < Latin satiōn- (stem of satiō ) a sowing (Vulgar Latin: sowing time), equivalent to sa- (variant stem of serere to sow) + -tiōn- -tion; (v.) Middle English seso(u)nen < Old French saisonner to ripen, make palatable by aging, derivative of seison

Other words from Seasons

sea·soned·ly , adverb
sea·son·er , noun
sea·son·less , adjective
non·sea·soned , adjective
o·ver·sea·son , verb (used with object)
post·sea·son , adjective, noun
pre·sea·son , noun
re·sea·son , verb
well-sea·soned , adjective

Word origin for Seasons

C13: from Old French seson, from Latin satiō a sowing, from serere to sow

Synonyms for Seasons

fall, period, summer, time, winter, autumn, division, interval, juncture, occasion, opportunity, spell, spring, term, while