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sea·son
(sē′zən)n.
1.
a. One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.
b. The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.
2. A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops: the holiday season; tomato season.
3. A suitable, natural, or convenient time: a season for merriment.
4. A period of time: gone for a season.
v. sea·soned, sea·son·ing, sea·sons
v.tr.
1. To improve or enhance the flavor of (food) by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other flavorings.
2. To add zest, piquancy, or interest to: seasoned the lecture with jokes.
3. To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.
4. To render competent through trial and experience: a lawyer who had been seasoned by years in the trial courts.
5. To accustom or inure; harden: troops who had been seasoned in combat. See Synonyms at harden.
6. To moderate; temper.
v.intr.
Idioms: To become usable, competent, or tempered.
in season
1. Available or ready for eating or other use.
2. Legally permitted to be caught or hunted during a specified period.
3. At the right moment; opportunely.
4. In heat. Used of animals.
out of season
1. Not available, permitted, or ready to be eaten, caught, or hunted.
2. Not at the right or proper moment; inopportunely.
[Middle English, from Old French seison, from Latin satiō, satiōn-, act of sowing, from satus, past participle of serere, to plant; see sē- in Indo-European roots.]
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season
(ˈsiːzən)n
1. (Astronomy) 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
2. (Physical Geography) a period of the year characterized by particular conditions or activities: the rainy season.
3. (Hunting) 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.
4. a period during which a particular entertainment, sport, etc, takes place: a season at the National Theatre; the football season; the tourist season.
5. (esp formerly) a period of fashionable social events in a particular place: the London season.
6. any definite or indefinite period
7. (Ecclesiastical Terms) any of the major periods into which the ecclesiastical calendar is divided, such as Lent, Advent, or Easter
8. (sometimes capital) Christmas (esp in the phrases compliments of the season, Season's greetings)
9. a period or time that is considered proper, suitable, or natural for something
10. in good season early enough
11. (Hunting) (of game) permitted to be caught or killed
12. (Cookery) (of fresh food) readily available
13. (Zoology) Also: in heat or on heat (of some female mammals) sexually receptive
14. appropriate
vb
15. (Cookery) (tr) to add herbs, salt, pepper, or spice to (food)
16. (tr) to add zest to
17. (Forestry) (in the preparation of timber) to undergo or cause to undergo drying
18. (tr; usually passive) to make or become mature or experienced: seasoned troops.
19. (tr) to mitigate or temper: to season one's admiration with reticence.
[C13: from Old French seson, from Latin satiō a sowing, from serere to sow]
ˈseasoned adj
ˈseasoner n
ˈseasonless adj
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sea•son
(ˈsi zən)n.
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 weather conditions: 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. an athletic team's term of competitive play in terms of total games or overall success.
7. period; time: in the season of my youth.
v.t. 8. to give flavor to (food) by adding condiments, spices, or the like.
9. to enhance: conversation seasoned with wit.
10. to make fit or inure by experience.
11. to prepare for use, as by drying.
v.i. 12. to become seasoned.
Idioms: 1. in good season, in enough time; sufficiently early.
2. in season,
a. in the proper time or state for use: Asparagus is now in season.
b. in the period regulated by law, as for hunting and fishing.
c. (of an animal, esp. female) in heat.
3. out of season, not in season.
[1250–1300; Middle English seso(u)n < Old French se(i)son < Latin satiōnem, acc. of satiō the act of sowing (Vulgar Latin: sowing time), derivative of sa- (variant s. of serere to sow)]
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sea·son
(sē′zən)1. One of four natural divisions of the year—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—in the North or South Temperate Zones. Each season begins as the sun passes through a solstice or an equinox.
2. In some tropical climates, either of the two parts—rainy and dry—into which the year is divided.
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season
Past participle: seasoned
Gerund: seasoning
Imperative |
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season |
season |
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season
To improve the flavor of something by adding salt, pepper, spices or herbs.
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Noun | 1. | 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" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" growing season - the season during which a crop grows best seedtime - the time during which seeds should be planted sheepshearing - the time or season when sheep are sheared holiday season - a time when many people take holidays high season, peak season - the season when travel is most active and rates are highest; "they traveled to Europe in high season" off-season - the season when travel is least active and rates are lowest preseason - a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation baseball season - the season when baseball is played basketball season - the season when basketball is played exhibition season - the time before the regular games begin when football or baseball teams play practice games fishing season - the season during which it is legal to catch fish football season - the season when football is played hockey season - the season when hockey is played hunting season - the season during which it is legal to kill a particular species social season - the season for major social events theatrical season - the season when new plays are produced Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek - Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days) |
2. | season - 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" harvest time, harvest - the season for gathering crops haying time, haying - the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" year - the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days" spring, springtime - the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" summer, summertime - the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore" winter, wintertime - the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox rainy season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates dry season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates | |
3. | season - a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" Michaelmastide - the season of Michaelmas Lammastide - the season of Lammas Eastertide - the Easter season Twelfthtide - the season of Epiphany Allhallowtide - the season of All Saints' Day Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Noel, Yule, Yuletide - period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 Advent - the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas Shrovetide - immediately preceding Lent Lent, Lententide - a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday | |
Verb | 1. | season - lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" sauce - dress (food) with a relish curry - season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking resinate - impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to; "Greek wines are often resinated" salt - add salt to |
2. | season - make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller" toughen - make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her" | |
3. | season - make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body" |
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season
noun
1. period, time, term, spell, time of year birds arriving for the breeding season
verb
1. flavour, salt, spice, lace, salt and pepper, enliven, pep up, leaven Season the meat with salt and pepper.
2. mature, age, condition, prime, prepare, temper, mellow, ripen, acclimatize Ensure that the new wood has been seasoned.
3. make experienced, train, mature, prepare, discipline, harden, accustom, toughen, inure, habituate, acclimatize, anneal Both actors seem to have been seasoned by experience.
in season available, on the market, obtainable, on offer, abundant, plentiful Fresh apricots are only available from fruiterers when in season.
Quotations
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" Bible: Ecclesiastes
"summer afternoon - summer afternoon. the two most beautiful words in the English language" [Henry James]
"season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" [John Keats To Autumn]
"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" [Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode to the West Wind]
"in the bleak mid-winter" [Christina Rosetti Mid-Winter]
"In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" [Alfred, Lord Tennyson Locksley Hall]
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" Bible: Ecclesiastes
"summer afternoon - summer afternoon. the two most beautiful words in the English language" [Henry James]
"season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" [John Keats To Autumn]
"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" [Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode to the West Wind]
"in the bleak mid-winter" [Christina Rosetti Mid-Winter]
"In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" [Alfred, Lord Tennyson Locksley Hall]
Proverbs
"One swallow does not make a summer"
"One swallow does not make a summer"
Seasons
Season | Related adjective |
---|---|
spring | vernal |
summer | aestival or estival |
autumn | autumnal |
winter | hibernal or hiemal |
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
season
noun1. A specific length of time characterized by the occurrence of certain conditions or events:
1. To impart flavor to:
2. To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure:
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Translations
roční obdobísezónasušit na vzduchuobdobíochutit
årstidkrydrelagremodnesæson
vuodenaikahöystääkausimaustaa
godišnje doba
évszakidénykiérlelszezonérlel
musim
árstíîkryddaláta veîrasttímabil, vertíî
季節
계절
sezonassezoninisbūdingas kuriam nors metų laikuiįprastas kuriam nors metų laikuimetas
gadalaiksļaut nostāvētiespievienot garšvielassezona
condimenta
ročné obdobiesezóna
letni čas
doba
säsongårstid
ฤดู
mùa
season
[ˈsiːzn]A. N
1. (= period of the year) → estación f
the four seasons → las cuatro estaciones
what's your favourite season? → ¿cuál es tu estación preferida?
at this season → en esta época del año
the dry/rainy season → la temporada de secas/de lluvias
the four seasons → las cuatro estaciones
what's your favourite season? → ¿cuál es tu estación preferida?
at this season → en esta época del año
the dry/rainy season → la temporada de secas/de lluvias
2. (for specific activity) → temporada f
for a season → durante una temporada
we did a season at La Scala (Theat) → representamos en la Scala durante una temporada
did you have a good season? → ¿qué tal la temporada?
"Season's Greetings" → Felices Pascuas
the busy season → la temporada alta
the Christmas season → las navidades
the closed season (Hunting) → la veda
the fishing/football season → la temporada de pesca/de fútbol
at the height of the season → en plena temporada
during the holiday season → en la temporada de vacaciones
to be in season [fruit] → estar en sazón; [animal] → estar en celo
the London season → la temporada social de Londres
the open season (Hunting) → la temporada de caza or de pesca
to be out of season → estar fuera de temporada
for a season → durante una temporada
we did a season at La Scala (Theat) → representamos en la Scala durante una temporada
did you have a good season? → ¿qué tal la temporada?
"Season's Greetings" → Felices Pascuas
the busy season → la temporada alta
the Christmas season → las navidades
the closed season (Hunting) → la veda
the fishing/football season → la temporada de pesca/de fútbol
at the height of the season → en plena temporada
during the holiday season → en la temporada de vacaciones
to be in season [fruit] → estar en sazón; [animal] → estar en celo
the London season → la temporada social de Londres
the open season (Hunting) → la temporada de caza or de pesca
to be out of season → estar fuera de temporada
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
season
[ˈsiːzən] n
(= time of year) → saison f
What's your favourite season? → Quelle est ta saison préférée?
the dry season → la saison sèche
the wet season → la saison humide
the planting season → la saison des semailles
the breeding season → la saison des amours
What's your favourite season? → Quelle est ta saison préférée?
the dry season → la saison sèche
the wet season → la saison humide
the planting season → la saison des semailles
the breeding season → la saison des amours
(for fruit, vegetables) → saison f
to be in season [fruit, vegetables] → être de saison
to be out of season [fruit, vegetables] → ne pas être de saison
to be in season [fruit, vegetables] → être de saison
to be out of season [fruit, vegetables] → ne pas être de saison
(for trade, tourism) → saison f
out of season → hors saison
It's cheaper to go there out of season → C'est moins cher d'y aller hors saison.
during the holiday season → en période de vacances
the busy season (for shops) → la pleine saison; (for hotels) → la pleine saison
the Christmas season → la saison de Noël
Season's Greetings! → Joyeux Noël et bonne année!
out of season → hors saison
It's cheaper to go there out of season → C'est moins cher d'y aller hors saison.
during the holiday season → en période de vacances
the busy season (for shops) → la pleine saison; (for hotels) → la pleine saison
the Christmas season → la saison de Noël
Season's Greetings! → Joyeux Noël et bonne année!
(THEATRE) → saison f théâtrale
a season of three new plays → une saison théâtrale de trois nouveaux spectacles
a season of three new plays → une saison théâtrale de trois nouveaux spectacles
[films] → cycle m
a new season of horror films on TV → un nouveau cycle de films d'horreur à la télévision
a new season of horror films on TV → un nouveau cycle de films d'horreur à la télévision
[female animal] to be in season → être en chaleur
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
season
n
(= social season, sporting season etc) → Saison f; nesting/hunting season → Brut-/Jagdzeit f; the football season → die Fußballsaison; the strawberry season → die Erdbeerzeit; strawberries are in season/out of season now → für Erdbeeren ist jetzt die richtige/nicht die richtige Zeit; their bitch is in season → ihre Hündin ist läufig; in and out of season → andauernd, jahrein (und) jahraus; to go somewhere out of/in season → an einen Ort fahren or gehen, wenn keine Saison/wenn Saison ist; at the height of the season → in der or zur Hochsaison; the height of the London season → der Höhepunkt der Londoner Saison; the season of good will (= Christmas) → die Zeit der Nächstenliebe; “Season’s greetings” → „fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches neues Jahr“; totally last season (inf) → absolut von gestern (inf)
(Theat) → Spielzeit f; they did a season at La Scala → sie spielten eine Saison lang an der Scala; for a season → eine Spielzeit lang; (TV, Film) → Serie f; (of series) → Staffel f; a Dustin Hoffman season, a season of Dustin Hoffman films → eine Serie von Dustin-Hoffman-Filmen
(fig liter) in due season → zu gegebener Zeit; in good season → rechtzeitig; if I might offer a word in season → wenn ich dazu meinen Rat anbieten darf
vt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
season
[ˈsiːzn]1. n (gen) → stagione f
to be in/out of season → essere di/fuori stagione
the Christmas season → il periodo natalizio
"Season's Greetings" → "Buone Feste"
the busy season (for shops) → il periodo di punta (for hotels) → l'alta stagione
football/fishing season → stagione calcistica/della pesca
the open season (Hunting) → la stagione della caccia
it's against the law to hunt during the closed season → è proibito dalla legge andare a caccia quando la stagione è chiusa
in season (Zool) → in calore
to be in/out of season → essere di/fuori stagione
the Christmas season → il periodo natalizio
"Season's Greetings" → "Buone Feste"
the busy season (for shops) → il periodo di punta (for hotels) → l'alta stagione
football/fishing season → stagione calcistica/della pesca
the open season (Hunting) → la stagione della caccia
it's against the law to hunt during the closed season → è proibito dalla legge andare a caccia quando la stagione è chiusa
in season (Zool) → in calore
2. vt
a. (wood) → stagionare
b. (Culin) → condire
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
season
(ˈsiːzn) noun1. 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.
2. the usual, proper or suitable time for something. the football season.
verb1. to add salt, pepper, mustard etc to. She seasoned the meat with plenty of pepper.
2. to let (wood) be affected by rain, sun etc until it is ready for use.
ˈseasonable adjective (negative unseasonable) (of weather) of the kind that is to be expected for a particular time of year.
ˈseasonal adjective done at a particular season only. seasonal work as a waitress; seasonal sports.
ˈseasoned adjective experienced. seasoned political campaigners.
ˈseasoning noun something used to season food. Salt and pepper are used as seasonings.
season ticket a ticket (usually for travel) that can be used repeatedly during a certain period. a three-month season ticket.
in season (of food) available, ready for eating. That fruit is not in season just now.
out of season not in season.
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season
→ مَوْسِم roční období årstid Jahreszeit εποχή estación vuodenaika saison godišnje doba stagione 季節 계절 seizoen årstid pora roku estação do ano время года säsong ฤดู mevsim mùa 季节Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
sea·son
n. estación; temporada;
v. [cooking] sazonar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
season
n (winter, spring, etc.) estación f; (for a disease, etc.) temporada; flu — temporada gripal or de la gripeEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.