season
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
broadcasting
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
media
sports
video-games
Etymology: From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English sāwan (“to sow”), sǣd (“seed”). Doublet of saison. Displaced native Middle English sele (“season”) (from Old English sǣl (“season, time, occasion”)), Middle English tide (“season, time of year”) (from Old English tīd (“time, period, yeartide, season”)).
Inflected forms:
form: seasons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: seasons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: seasoning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: seasoned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: seasoned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Each of the divisions of a year based on the prevailing weather: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; or the rainy (monsoon) and dry season, depending on the climate.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A period of the year when something particular happens.
pos: noun
examples: mating season
the football season
the holiday season
Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
Curry, a four-time NBA champion with the Warriors, played for the Wildcats for three seasons between 2006 and 2009, where he was twice named conference player of the year. […] Curry has been named NBA regular season MVP twice and is an 11-time All Star.
gloss: A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A year, but with emphasis on the most important part of the year in context, such as the months when plants or animals grow and reproduce.
pos: noun
tags: metonymically
examples: This invasive species reproduces so rapidly that it can completely take over an area in just a couple seasons.
gloss: The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
pos: noun
gloss: That which gives relish; seasoning.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: 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.
gloss: A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Canada
US
examples: The third season of Robot Chicken aired from 2007 to 2008.
Or - is she Erin Gray in the second season of Buck Rogers beautiful?
gloss: An extended, undefined period of time.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: It was the Winter wilde.
While the Heav’n-born-childe,
All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies:
Nature in aw to him
Had doff't her gawdy trim,
With her great Maſter ſo to ſympathize:
It was no ſeaſon then for her
To wanton with the Sun her luſty Paramour.
So it is in a person when a breach hath been made upon his conscience, quiet, perhaps credit, by his lust, in some eruption of actual sin; — carefulness, indignation, desire, fear, revenge are all set on work about it and against it, and lust is quiet for a season, being run down before them; but when the hurry is over and the inquest is past, the thief appears again alive, and is as busy as ever at his work.
A season of great doubt fell upon her soul.
gloss: A period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular emotion of situation.
pos: noun
examples: a season of faithlessness
gloss: The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
pos: noun
gloss: A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.
pos: noun
gloss: To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to season oneself to a climate
gloss: To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
transitive
examples: The timber needs to be seasoned.
gloss: To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The wood has seasoned in the sun.
gloss: To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To impregnate (literally or figuratively).
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: When the male hath once ſeaſoned the female, he neuer after toucheth her.
For this prince[…]would not ſuffer the Buls to come unto the Kine and ſeaſon them, before they were both foure yeares old.
If you had seasoned me with that philosophy, which formeth the mind to ratiocination, and insensibly accustoms it to be satisfied with nothing but solid reasons, if you had given me those excellent precepts and doctrines, which raise the foul above the assaults of fortune, and reduce her to an unshakeable and always equal temper, and permit her not to be lifted up b prosperity, nor debased by adversity, if you had taken care to give me the knowledge of what we are, and what are the first principles of things, and had assisted me in forming in my mind a fit idea of the greatness of the universe, and of the admirable order and motion of the parts thereof, if, I say, you had instilled into me this kind of philosophy, I should think myself incomparably more obliged to you than Alexander was to his Aristotle
In minds, not seasoned and impregnated with the due apprehension of those ends, that conduce to ease and security, there is usually a tempestuous discontent, that raises unruly ferments; an unkind gale, by whose resistless powers, the port is overreached.
Synonyms: grow up
mature
alloy
intermingle
Derived words: all-season tire
Christmas season
closed season
close season
cuffing season
dry season
earnings season
end-of-season
festive season
gooseberry season
growing season
harvest season
high season
holiday season
in good season
in season
in season and out of season
interseason
intraseason
lambing season
learning season
low season
mating season
mid season
mid-season
midseason
mid season form
mid-season form
miniseason
monsoon season
mud season
multiseason
nonseason
off-season
open season
out of season
peak season
pollen season
postseason
post-season
preseason
rainy season
rutting season
seasonable
seasonal
seasonally
season creep
season finale
seasonful
seasonless
seasonlong
season parking
season ticket
shoulder season
silly season
social season
spooky season
stick season
swooping season
tax season
tis the season
unseasonable
unseasonably
unseasonally
virtual season
wet season
yesterseason
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: seisoen
lang: Albanian
word: stinë
lang: Southern Altai
word: ӧй
roman: öy
lang: Antigua and Barbuda Creole English
word: akuukuu
lang: Arabic
word: فَصْل
roman: faṣl
lang: Arabic
word: مَوْسِم
roman: mawsim
lang: Arabic
word: فصل
roman: faṣl
lang: Arabic
word: موسم
roman: mūsem
lang: Arabic
word: فَصِل
roman: faṣil
lang: Arabic
word: مَوْسِم
roman: mawsim
lang: Arabic
word: فصل
roman: faṣl
lang: Armenian
word: եղանակ
roman: eġanak
lang: Assamese
word: ঋতু
roman: ritu
lang: Asturian
word: estación
lang: Azerbaijani
word: mövsüm
lang: Azerbaijani
word: fəsil
lang: Bashkir
word: миҙгел
roman: miźgel
lang: Basque
word: urtaro
lang: Belarusian
word: пара́ го́да
roman: pará hóda
lang: Belarusian
word: сезо́н
roman: sjezón
lang: Belarusian
word: сэзо́н
roman: sezón
lang: Bengali
word: ঋতু
roman: ritu
lang: Bengali
word: মৌসুম
roman: mōuśum
lang: Breton
word: koulz-amzer
lang: Bulgarian
word: сезо́н
roman: sezón
lang: Burmese
word: ရာသီ
roman: rasi
lang: Burmese
word: ဥတု
roman: u.tu.
lang: Catalan
word: temps de l'any
lang: Catalan
word: saó
lang: Catalan
word: estació
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 季節 /季节
roman: gwai³ zit³
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 季
roman: gwai³
lang: Chinese
word: 季節 /季节
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 季
roman: jì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 季節 /季节
roman: jìjié
lang: Cimbrian
word: stadjónge
lang: Cornish
word: seson
lang: Cornish
word: sesons
lang: Cornish
word: sesonyow
lang: Corsican
word: staghjone
lang: Cree
word: kâ-isiwêpahki
lang: Czech
word: roční období
lang: Danish
word: årstid
lang: Dutch
word: seizoen
lang: Dutch
word: jaargetijde
lang: Elfdalian
word: årstið
lang: Esperanto
word: sezono
lang: Estonian
word: aastaaeg
lang: Faroese
word: árstíð
lang: Finnish
word: vuodenaika
lang: French
word: saison
lang: West-Frisian
word: jiertiid
lang: Friulian
word: stagjon
lang: Friulian
word: seson
lang: Galician
word: estación
lang: Georgian
word: წელიწადის დრო
roman: c̣elic̣adis dro
lang: Georgian
word: სეზონი
roman: sezoni
lang: German
word: Jahreszeit
lang: Greek
word: εποχή
roman: epochí
lang: Ancient Greek
word: καιρός
roman: kairós
lang: Greenlandic
word: ukiup ilaa
lang: Greenlandic
word: ukiup kaajallakkiartornerata ilaa
lang: Gujarati
word: ઋતુ
roman: ŕtu
lang: Gujarati
word: મોસમ
roman: mosam
lang: Haitian Creole
word: sezon
lang: Hawaiian
word: kau
lang: Hebrew
word: עוֹנָה
roman: oná
lang: Hindi
word: मौसम
roman: mausam
lang: Hindi
word: ऋतु
roman: ŕtu
lang: Hindi
word: फ़सल
roman: fasal
lang: Hindi
word: फस्ल
roman: phasla
lang: Hindi
word: फसल
roman: phasal
lang: Hindi
word: रित
roman: rit
lang: Hungarian
word: évszak
lang: Hunsrik
word: Johreszeid
lang: Icelandic
word: árstíð
lang: Ido
word: sezono
lang: Indonesian
word: musim
lang: Interlingua
word: station del anno
lang: Irish
word: séasúr
lang: Irish
word: ráithe
lang: Italian
word: stagione
lang: Japanese
word: 季節
roman: kisetsu
lang: Japanese
word: 折節
roman: orifushi
lang: Javanese
word: mangsa
lang: Kannada
word: ಋತು
roman: ṛtu
lang: Kazakh
word: жыл мезгілдері
roman: jyl mezgılderı
lang: Kazakh
word: маусым
roman: mausym
lang: Kazakh
word: мерзім
roman: merzım
lang: Khmer
word: រដូវ
roman: rɔɔrɔdəw
lang: Khmer
word: ឧតុ
roman: ʼutoʼ
lang: Korean
word: 계절
roman: gyejeol
lang: Central Kurdish
word: وەرز
roman: werz
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: werz
lang: Kyrgyz
word: мезгил
roman: mezgil
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сезон
roman: sezon
lang: Lao
word: ລະດູ
roman: la dū
lang: Lao
word: ລະດູການ
roman: la dū kān
lang: Latin
word: hora
lang: Latin
word: tempestās
lang: Latin
word: tempus anni
lang: Latvian
word: gadalaiks
lang: Latvian
word: sezona
lang: Lithuanian
word: metų laikas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Joreszäit
lang: Macedonian
word: го́дишно вре́ме
roman: gódišno vréme
lang: Macedonian
word: сезо́на
roman: sezóna
lang: Malay
word: musim
lang: Brunei Malay
word: musim
lang: Malayalam
word: ഋതു
roman: r̥tu
lang: Maltese
word: staġun
lang: Manchu
word: ᡶᠣᡵᡤᠣᠨ
roman: forgon
lang: Māori
word: kaupeka
lang: Māori
word: houanga
lang: Marathi
word: ऋतू
roman: ŕtū
lang: Mòcheno
word: jorzait
lang: Mongolian
word: улирал
roman: uliral
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠤᠯᠠᠷᠢᠯ
roman: ularil
lang: Navajo
word: nináháhááh
lang: Nepali
word: ऋतु
roman: r̥tu
lang: Norman
word: saîson
lang: Northern Sotho
word: sehla
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: årstid
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sesong
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: årstid
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sesong
lang: Occitan
word: sason
lang: Odia
word: ଋତୁ
roman: rutu
lang: Old Norse
word: mál
lang: Pashto
word: موسم
roman: mosem
lang: Pashto
word: فصل
roman: fasᶕl
lang: Dari
word: مَوْسِم
roman: mawsim
lang: Dari
word: فَصْل
roman: fasl
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُوْسِم
roman: mowsem
lang: Iranian Persian
word: فَصْل
roman: fasl
lang: Iranian Persian
word: هَنْگام
roman: hangâm
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Joarestiet
lang: Polish
word: pora roku
lang: Portuguese
word: estação
lang: Portuguese
word: sazão
lang: Punjabi
word: ਰੁੱਤ
roman: rutta
lang: Punjabi
word: ਮੌਸਮ
roman: mausam
lang: Quechua
word: mit'a
lang: Romanian
word: anotimp
lang: Romansh
word: stagiun
lang: Romansh
word: stagiùn
lang: Romansh
word: staschung
lang: Russian
word: вре́мя го́да
roman: vrémja góda
lang: Russian
word: сезо́н
roman: sezón
lang: Northern Sami
word: jahkodat
lang: Northern Sami
word: jagiáigi
lang: Samogitian
word: metu laikā
lang: Scots
word: saison
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: aimsir
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ràith
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: годишње доба
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: до̑ба
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сезо́на
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: godišnje doba
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dȏba
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sezóna
lang: Shona
word: mwaka yepaNyika
lang: Sicilian
word: staciuni
lang: Sicilian
word: staggiuni
lang: Sicilian
word: stagiuni
lang: Sicilian
word: staciuna
lang: Sinhalese
word: ඍතු
roman: r̥tu
lang: Slovak
word: ročné obdobie
lang: Slovene
word: letni čas
lang: Somali
word: afarta xilli
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: počas
lang: Spanish
word: estación
lang: Sundanese
word: usum
lang: Swahili
word: msimu
lang: Swedish
word: årstid
lang: Tagalog
word: pana-panahon
lang: Tajik
word: мавсим
roman: mavsim
lang: Tajik
word: фасл
roman: fasl
lang: Tamil
word: பருவ காலம்
roman: paruva kālam
lang: Telugu
word: రుతువు
roman: rutuvu
lang: Thai
word: ฤดู
roman: rʉ́-duu
lang: Thai
word: หน้า
roman: nâa
lang: Tswana
word: setlha
lang: Turkish
word: mevsim
lang: Turkish
word: sezon
lang: Turkmen
word: pasyl
lang: Turkmen
word: möwsüm
lang: Ukrainian
word: пора́ ро́ку
roman: porá róku
lang: Ukrainian
word: сезо́н
roman: sezón
lang: Urdu
word: مَوسَم
roman: mausam
lang: Urdu
word: فَصْل
roman: fasl
lang: Urdu
word: رِت
roman: rit
lang: Uyghur
word: پەسىل
roman: pesil
lang: Uzbek
word: mavsum
lang: Uzbek
word: fasl
lang: Venetan
word: stajon
lang: Venetan
word: staxon
lang: Venetan
word: stagion
lang: Vietnamese
word: mùa
lang: Volapük
word: säsun
lang: Walloon
word: såjhon
lang: Welsh
word: tymor
lang: Winnebago
word: mąąkirupinįra
lang: Yiddish
word: תּקופֿה
roman: tkufe
lang: Yiddish
word: סעזאָן
roman: sezon
lang: Yiddish
word: צײַט פֿון יאָר
roman: tsayt fun yor
lang: French
word: temps