English dictionary
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English noun: season | |||
| 1. | season (time) a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field | ||
| Samples | He celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company. She always looked forward to the avocado season. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | baseball season, basketball season, exhibition season, fishing season, football season, growing season, high season, hockey season, holiday season, hunting season, off-season, peak season, preseason, seedtime, sheepshearing, social season, theatrical season, Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek | ||
| 2. | season (time) one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions | ||
| Samples | The regular sequence of the seasons. | ||
| Synonyms | time of year | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | autumn, dry season, fall, harvest, harvest time, haying, haying time, rainy season, spring, springtime, summer, summertime, winter, wintertime | ||
| Part meronym | year | ||
| 3. | season (time) a recurrent time marked by major holidays | ||
| Samples | It was the Christmas season. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Advent, Allhallowtide, Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Eastertide, Lammastide, Lent, Lententide, Michaelmastide, Noel, Shrovetide, Twelfthtide, Yule, Yuletide | ||
English verb: season | |||
| 1. | season (perception) lend flavor to | ||
| Samples | Season the chicken breast after roasting it. | ||
| Synonyms | flavor, flavour | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | curry, resinate, salt, sauce, savor, savour, spice, spice up, zest | ||
| Cause | savor, savour, taste | ||
| Domain category | cookery, cooking, preparation | ||
| 2. | season (change) make fit | ||
| Samples | This trip will season even the hardiest traveller. | ||
| Synonyms | harden | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | toughen | ||
| 3. | season (change) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate | ||
| Samples | She tempered her criticism. | ||
| Synonyms | mollify, temper | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | weaken | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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