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autumn

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au·tumn  tm)
n.
1. The season of the year between summer and winter, lasting from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice and from September to December in the Northern Hemisphere; fall.
2. A period of maturity verging on decline.
adj.
1. Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of autumn: autumn foliage; autumn harvests.
2. Grown during the season of autumn: autumn crops.

[Middle English autumpne, from Old French autompne, from Latin autumnus.]

au·tumnal (ô-tmnl) adj.
au·tumnal·ly adv.

autumn
Noun
1. the season of the year between summer and winter
2. a period of late maturity followed by a decline [Latin autumnus]
autumnal adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.autumnautumn - the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"
Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer - a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
time of year, 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"
Translations
Spanish autumn [ˈɔːtəm] notoño
French autumn [ˈɔːtəm] nautomne m
German autumn [ˈɔːtəm] nHerbst m;
in autumn → im Herbst

Italian autumn [ˈɔːtəm] nautunno

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He looketh afar o'er the waves, Wind-ruffled and deep and green; And the mantle of Autumn lies Over wood and hill and ravine.
Petersburg, at the time when we reached the city, we encountered nothing but rain, bitter autumn frosts, dull skies, ugliness, and crowds of strangers who looked hostile, discontented, and disposed to take offence.
This is the autumn time of the year; we are most of us leaving home for the holidays.
 
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