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season

Syllables: sea·sonUK[ˈsiː.zn̩][ˈsi.zn̩]

season noun: 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.

Noun

season (plural seasons)

  1. 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.
    • we saw, in six days' traveling, the several seasons of the year in their beauty and perfectionc. 1705, Joseph Addison, Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703
    • We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, / But the wine and the song, / like the seasons, have all gone.1973, “Seasons in the Sun”, Jaques Brel (original version), Rod McKuen (lyrics), performed by Terry Jacks
    Synonyms:
    yeartide, yeartime
  2. A period of the year when something particular happens.
    • mating season
    • the football season
    Synonyms:
    time
  3. 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.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
  4. (metonymically, pars pro toto) 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.
    • This invasive species reproduces so rapidly that it can completely take over an area in just a couple seasons.
  5. The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
  6. (obsolete) 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.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • You lack the season of all natures, sleep.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  7. (Australia, Canada, US) 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.
    • The third season of Robot Chicken aired from 2007 to 2008.
    • Or - is she Erin Gray in the second season of Buck Rogers beautiful?1998 February 11, “Tom's Rhinoplasty”, in South Park, season 1, episode 11
    Synonyms:
    series
  8. (archaic) An extended, undefined period of time.
    • 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.1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC, page 2
    • 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...1656, John Owen, The Mortification of Sin
  9. (Evangelical Christianity) A period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular emotion of situation.
    • a season of faithlessness
  10. The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
  11. 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.

Verb (1)

season (third-person singular simple present seasons, present participle seasoning, simple past and past participle seasoned)

  1. (transitive) To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
    • to season oneself to a climate
  2. (broadly, transitive) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
    • The timber needs to be seasoned.
  3. (intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
    Synonyms:
    wont, age
  4. (intransitive) 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.
  5. (transitive) To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.
    Synonyms:
    admix
  6. (obsolete) To impregnate (literally or figuratively).
    • When the male hath once ſeaſoned the female, he neuer after toucheth her.1589, Richard Hakluyt, chapter 22, in The principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation, part 1, London, page 93
    • For this prince[…]would not ſuffer the Buls to come unto the Kine and ſeaſon them, before they were both foure yeares old.1601, Philemon Holland, The Historie of the World, book 8, London, translation of Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder, chapter 45, page 224

Verb (2)

season (third-person singular simple present seasons, present participle seasoning, simple past and past participle seasoned)

  1. (transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
    • Lightly season the cod with salt and pepper and nestle the fish onto the pan.2022, Melissa Clark, Dinner in One, →ISBN, page 37

season meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

season in Hindi

quarter of a year
मौसम mausam, ऋतु ŕtu, फ़सल fasal, फस्ल phasla, फसल phasal, रित rit
part of year with something special
मौसम mausam
to flavour food
बघारना baghārnā

season in Tamil

quarter of a year
பருவ காலம் paruva kālam

season in Marathi

quarter of a year
ऋतू ŕtū

season in Urdu

quarter of a year
مَوسَم mausam, فَصْل fasl, رِت rit
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season in Bengali
ঋতু ritu, মৌসুম mōuśum
season in Telugu
రుతువు rutuvu
season in Malayalam
ഋതു r̥tu
season in Kannada
ಋತು ṛtu
season in Punjabi
ਰੁੱਤ rutta, ਮੌਸਮ mausam
season in Gujarati
ઋતુ ŕtu, મોસમ mosam
season in Odia
ଋତୁ rutu
season in Sanskrit
प्रस्ताव prastāva, समा sámā, काल kālá
season in Sinhala
ඍතු r̥tu
season in Assamese
ঋতু ritu
season in Nepali
ऋतु r̥tu
season in Pashto
موسم mosem, فصل fasᶕl
season in Tagalog
pana-panahon, lig-ingin
season in Arabic
فَصْل faṣl, مَوْسِم mawsim, جُزْء juzʔ
season in Malay
musim
season in Indonesian
musim, musim tayang, membumbui
season in Thai
ฤดู rʉ́-duu, หน้า nâa, ซีซัน sii-sǎn
season in Vietnamese
mùa, nêm
season in Myanmar
ရာသီ rasi, ဥတု u.tu.

Examples of season in a sentence

  • 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.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  • Since a state ban was lifted in 1984, hunters may shoot one swan per season.1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 507:
  • A season of great doubt fell upon her soul.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

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Synonyms of season

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Forms of season

Noun
pluralseasons
Verb
third-person singular presentseasons
present participleseasoning
past participleseasoned
pastseasoned

Past tense of season: seasoned

Plural of season: seasons

Origin of season

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”)).

Borrowed from French assaisonner.

Words formed from season

Phrases with season

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Questions about season

What does season mean?
Season means 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.
What is season in Hindi?
Season in Hindi is मौसम (mausam), ऋतु (ŕtu), फ़सल (fasal). See Season meaning in Hindi.
How do you use season in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is season?
Season can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce season?
Season is pronounced [ˈsiː.zn̩] (UK).
What is the plural of season?
The plural of season is seasons.

Words near season in the dictionary

  1. seasing
  2. seasnail
  3. seasnails
  4. seasnake
  5. seasnakes
  6. season
  7. season creep
  8. season finale
  9. season finales
  10. season parking
  11. season pass

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: season (page history and authors); काल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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