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summering

summering noun: an instance of spending the summer, as for a vacation or for cooler weather. Also the present participle and gerund of summer.

Noun

summering (plural summerings)

  1. An instance of spending the summer, as for a vacation or for cooler weather.
    • the city folk, if they cared to, could trace their ancestry back to the same kind of village that they were now returning to for their summerings.1965, Perry D. Westbrook, Mary Ellen Chase, page 69

Also used as

summering is also the present participle and gerund of summer.

Forms of summering

pluralsummerings

Phrases with summering

Questions about summering

What does summering mean?
Summering means an instance of spending the summer, as for a vacation or for cooler weather.
What part of speech is summering?
Summering is a noun.
What is the plural of summering?
The plural of summering is summerings.

Words near summering in the dictionary

  1. summerhouses
  2. summerier
  3. summeriest
  4. summerily
  5. summeriness
  6. summering
  7. summering and wintering
  8. summerings
  9. summerish
  10. summerishness
  11. summerite

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