season

sea·son  (szn)

n.

1.

a. One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.

b. The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.

2. A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops: the holiday season; tomato season.

3. A suitable, natural, or convenient time: a season for merriment.

4. A period of time: gone for a season.

v. sea·soned, sea·son·ing, sea·sons

v.tr.

1. To improve or enhance the flavor of (food) by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other flavorings.

2. To add zest, piquancy, or interest to: seasoned the lecture with jokes.

3. To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.

4. To render competent through trial and experience: a lawyer who had been seasoned by years in the trial courts.

5. To accustom or inure; harden: troops who had been seasoned in combat. See Synonyms at harden.

6. To moderate; temper.

v.intr.

To become usable, competent, or tempered.

Idioms:

in season

1. Available or ready for eating or other use.

2. Legally permitted to be caught or hunted during a specified period.

3. At the right moment; opportunely.

4. In heat. Used of animals.

out of season

1. Not available, permitted, or ready to be eaten, caught, or hunted.

2. Not at the right or proper moment; inopportunely.

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[Middle English, from Old French seison, from Latin sati, satin-, act of sowing, from satus, past participle of serere, to plant; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

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season [ˈsiːz^ən]

n

1. (Astronomy) one of the four equal periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices, resulting from the apparent movement of the sun north and south of the equator during the course of the earth's orbit around it. These periods (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) have their characteristic weather conditions in different regions, and occur at opposite times of the year in the N and S hemispheres

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a period of the year characterized by particular conditions or activities the rainy season

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) the period during which any particular species of animal, bird, or fish is legally permitted to be caught or killed open season on red deer

4. a period during which a particular entertainment, sport, etc., takes place a season at the National Theatre the football season the tourist season

5. (esp formerly) a period of fashionable social events in a particular place the London season

6. any definite or indefinite period

7. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) any of the major periods into which the ecclesiastical calendar is divided, such as Lent, Advent, or Easter

8. (sometimes capital) Christmas (esp in the phrases compliments of the season, Season's greetings)

9. a period or time that is considered proper, suitable, or natural for something

in good season early enough

in season

a.  (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) (of game) permitted to be caught or killed

b.  (Cookery) (of fresh food) readily available

c.  (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Also in, on heat (of some female mammals) sexually receptive

d.  appropriate

vb

1. (Cookery) (tr) to add herbs, salt, pepper, or spice to (food)

2. (tr) to add zest to

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) (in the preparation of timber) to undergo or cause to undergo drying

4. (tr; usually passive) to make or become mature or experienced seasoned troops

5. (tr) to mitigate or temper to season one's admiration with reticence

[from Old French seson, from Latin satiō a sowing, from serere to sow]

seasoned  adj

seasoner  n

seasonless  adj

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season  (szn)

1. One of four natural divisions of the yearspring, summer, autumn, and winterin temperate zones. Each season has its own characteristic weather and lasts approximately three months. The change in the seasons is brought about by the shift in the angle at which the Sun's rays strike the Earth. This angle changes as the Earth orbits in its yearly cycle around the Sun due to the tilt of the Earth's axis. For example, when the northern or southern hemisphere of the Earth is at an angle predominantly facing the Sun and has more daylight hours of direct, overhead sunlight than nighttime hours, it is in its summer season; the opposite hemisphere is in then opposite condition and is in its winter season. See also equinoxsolstice

2. In some tropical climates, either of the two divisionsrainy and dryinto which the year is divided. These divisions are defined on the basis of levels of precipitation.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	season - a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" growing season - the season during which a crop grows best seedtime - the time during which seeds should be planted sheepshearing - the time or season when sheep are sheared holiday season - a time when many people take holidays high season, peak season - the season when travel is most active and rates are highest; "they traveled to Europe in high season" off-season - the season when travel is least active and rates are lowest preseason - a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation baseball season - the season when baseball is played basketball season - the season when basketball is played exhibition season - the time before the regular games begin when football or baseball teams play practice games fishing season - the season during which it is legal to catch fish football season - the season when football is played hockey season - the season when hockey is played hunting season - the season during which it is legal to kill a particular species social season - the season for major social events theatrical season - the season when new plays are produced Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek - Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)
	2.	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" time of year harvest time, harvest - the season for gathering crops haying time, haying - the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" year - the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days" autumn, fall - the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" spring, springtime - the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" summer, summertime - the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore" winter, wintertime - the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox rainy season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates dry season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates
	3.	season - a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" Michaelmastide - the season of Michaelmas Lammastide - the season of Lammas Eastertide - the Easter season Twelfthtide - the season of Epiphany Allhallowtide - the season of All Saints' Day Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Noel, Yule, Yuletide - period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 Advent - the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas Shrovetide - immediately preceding Lent Lent, Lententide - a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
Verb	1.	season - lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" flavor, flavour cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" sauce - dress (food) with a relish curry - season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking resinate - impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to; "Greek wines are often resinated" spice up, zest, spice - add herbs or spices to savour, savor - give taste to salt - add salt to
	2.	season - make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller" harden toughen - make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"
	3.	season - make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" mollify, temper weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

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season

noun

period, time, term, spell, time of year birds arriving for the breeding season

verb

1. flavour, salt, spice, lace, salt and pepper, enliven, pep up, leaven Season the meat with salt and pepper.

2. mature, age, condition, prime, prepare, temper, mellow, ripen, acclimatize Ensure that the new wood has been seasoned.

3. make experienced, train, mature, prepare, discipline, harden, accustom, toughen, inure, habituate, acclimatize, anneal Both actors seem to have been seasoned by experience.

in season available, on the market, obtainable, on offer, abundant, plentiful Fresh apricots are only available from fruiterers when in season.

Quotations
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" Bible: Ecclesiastes
"summer afternoon - summer afternoon. the two most beautiful words in the English language" [Henry James]
"season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" [John Keats To Autumn]
"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" [Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode to the West Wind]
"in the bleak mid-winter" [Christina Rosetti Mid-Winter]
"In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" [Alfred, Lord Tennyson Locksley Hall]

Proverbs
"One swallow does not make a summer"

Seasons

Season	Related adjective
spring	vernal
summer	aestival or estival
autumn	autumnal
winter	hibernal or hiemal

Translations

season [ˈsiːzn]

A. N

1. (= period of the year) → estación f
the four seasons → las cuatro estaciones
what's your favourite season? → ¿cuál es tu estación preferida?
at this season → en esta época del año
the dry/rainy season → la temporada de secas/de lluvias

2. (for specific activity) → temporada f
for a season → durante una temporada
we did a season at La Scala (Theat) → representamos en la Scala durante una temporada
did you have a good season? → ¿qué tal la temporada?
"Season's Greetings" → Felices Pascuas
the busy season → la temporada alta
the Christmas season → las navidades
the closed season (Hunting) → la veda
the fishing/football season → la temporada de pesca/de fútbol
at the height of the season → en plena temporada
during the holiday season → en la temporada de vacaciones
to be in season [fruit] → estar en sazón; [animal] → estar en celo
the London season → la temporada social de Londres
the open season (Hunting) → la temporada de caza or de pesca
to be out of season → estar fuera de temporada

3. (liter) (= appropriate time) for everything there is a season → todo tiene su momento
in due season → a su tiempo
it was not the season for jokes → no era el momento oportuno para chistes
a word in season → una palabra a propósito
in season and out of season → a tiempo y a destiempo

B. VT

1. (Culin) → sazonar, condimentar (with con) season to taste → sazonar a gusto
a speech seasoned with wit → un discurso salpicado de agudezas

2. [+ wood, timber] → curar

C. CPD season ticket N (Theat, Rail, Sport) → abono m
season ticket holder N → abonado/a m/f

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season [ˈsiːz^ən]

n

(= time of year) → saison f
What's your favourite season? → Quelle est ta saison préférée?
the dry season → la saison sèche
the wet season → la saison humide
the planting season → la saison des semailles
the breeding season → la saison des amours

(for fruit, vegetables) → saison f
to be in season [fruit, vegetables] → être de saison
to be out of season [fruit, vegetables] → ne pas être de saison

(SPORT) → saison f
the football season → la saison de football

(for hunting) → saison f
the open season → la saison de la chasse

(for trade, tourism) → saison f
out of season → hors saison
It's cheaper to go there out of season → C'est moins cher d'y aller hors saison.
during the holiday season → en période de vacances
the busy season (for shops) → la pleine saison; (for hotels) → la pleine saison
the Christmas season → la saison de Noël
Season's Greetings! → Joyeux Noël et bonne année!

(THEATRE) → saison f théâtrale
a season of three new plays → une saison théâtrale de trois nouveaux spectacles

[films] → cycle m
a new season of horror films on TV → un nouveau cycle de films d'horreur à la télévision

[female animal] to be in season → être en chaleur

vt → assaisonner
season to taste → assaisonnez selon votre goût

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season

n

(of the year) → Jahreszeit f; rainy/monsoon season → Regen-/Monsunzeit f

(= social season, sporting season etc) → Saison f; nesting/hunting season → Brut-/Jagdzeit f; the football season → die Fußballsaison; the strawberry season → die Erdbeerzeit; strawberries are in season/out of season now → für Erdbeeren ist jetzt die richtige/nicht die richtige Zeit; their bitch is in season → ihre Hündin ist läufig; in and out of season → andauernd, jahrein (und) jahraus; to go somewhere out of/in season → an einen Ort fahren or gehen, wenn keine Saison/wenn Saison ist; at the height of the season → in der or zur Hochsaison; the height of the London season → der Höhepunkt der Londoner Saison; the season of good will (= Christmas) → die Zeit der Nächstenliebe; “Season’s greetings” → „fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches neues Jahr“; totally last season (inf) → absolut von gestern (inf)

(Theat) → Spielzeit f; they did a season at La Scala → sie spielten eine Saison lang an der Scala; for a season → eine Spielzeit lang; (TV, Film) → Serie f; (of series) → Staffel f; a Dustin Hoffman season, a season of Dustin Hoffman films → eine Serie von Dustin-Hoffman-Filmen

(fig liter) in due season → zu gegebener Zeit; in good season → rechtzeitig; if I might offer a word in season → wenn ich dazu meinen Rat anbieten darf

vt

food → würzen; (fig: = temper) → durchsetzen

wood → ablagern; (fig: = inure) troops → stählen

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season [ˈsiːzn]

1. n (gen) → stagione f
to be in/out of season → essere di/fuori stagione
the Christmas season → il periodo natalizio
"Season's Greetings" → "Buone Feste"
the busy season (for shops) → il periodo di punta (for hotels) → l'alta stagione
football/fishing season → stagione calcistica/della pesca
the open season (Hunting) → la stagione della caccia
it's against the law to hunt during the closed season → è proibito dalla legge andare a caccia quando la stagione è chiusa
in season (Zool) → in calore

2. vt

a. (wood) → stagionare

b. (Culin) → condire

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season [ˈsiːzn]

1. n (gen) → stagione f
to be in/out of season → essere di/fuori stagione
the Christmas season → il periodo natalizio
"Season's Greetings" → "Buone Feste"
the busy season (for shops) → il periodo di punta (for hotels) → l'alta stagione
football/fishing season → stagione calcistica/della pesca
the open season (Hunting) → la stagione della caccia
it's against the law to hunt during the closed season → è proibito dalla legge andare a caccia quando la stagione è chiusa
in season (Zool) → in calore

2. vt

a. (wood) → stagionare

b. (Culin) → condire

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season

n season [ˈsiːzn]

1 one of the main divisions of the year according to the regular variation of the weather, length of day etc The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter; The monsoon brings the rainy season. seisoen فَصْل годишно време roční období årstid; -tid die Jahreszeit εποχή estación aastaaeg, hooaeg فصل vuodenaika, kausi saison עוֹנָה ऋतु godišnje doba, doba godine évszak musim árstíð stagione 季節 계절 metų laikas, sezonas gadalaiks musim seizoen årstid pora roku estação anotimp время года; сезон ročné obdobie letni čas sezona årstid, []tid ฤดูกาล mevsim 四季其中之一 пора року; сезон موسم mùa 季节

2 the usual, proper or suitable time for something the football season. seisoen مَوْسِم сезон sezóna sæson; -sæson die Saison περίοδος, σεζόν temporada hooaeg هنگام؛فصل kausi saison עוֹנָה मौसम sezona, razdoblje poslovanja idény; szezon musim tímabil, vertíð stagione シーズン 철 sezonas sezona musim seizoen (-)sesong, –tid sezon temporada sezon сезон sezóna sezona sezona säsong หน้า; ฤดูกาลสำหรับ mevsim, sezon 慣常或適合從事某活動的季節 сезон کسی چیز کا مناسب وقت mùa, đợt （文娱、社交等的）活跃季节

v

1 to add salt, pepper, mustard etc to She seasoned the meat with plenty of pepper. gegeur يُتَبِّل، يُطَيِّب подправям ochutit krydre würzen αρταίνω,καρυκεύω sazonar, aliñar maitsestama ادويه زدن maustaa assaisonner לְתַבֵּל स्वादिष्ट बनाना začiniti fűszerez membumbui krydda condire 味をつける 양념을 하다 paskaninti pievienot garšvielas memperasakan kruiden krydre, smake til przyprawić temperar a ase­zona приправлять ochutiť začiniti začiniti krydda, smaksätta เพิ่มเกลือและพริกไทยลงในอาหาร çeşni katmak 調味 надавати смаку طعام میں مسالے وغیرہ ڈالنا cho gia vị 加...调味品

2 to let (wood) be affected by rain, sun etc until it is ready for use. droog يُجَفَّف الخَشَب оставям да изсъхне sušit na vzduchu lagre; modne ablagern σκληραίνω secar õhu käes seista laskma خشك كردن ilmakuivattaa laisser vieillir, conditionner לְיַבֵּש עֵץ सीना dati da dozrije, da se osuši (ki)érlel (fát stb.) dan menjemur láta veðrast stagionare; (far invecchiare) 乾燥させる 건조하다 išlaikyti ļaut nostāvēties mengeringkan rijp laten worden herde, lagre sezonować sazonar a se usca, a îmbătrâni выдерживать sušiť na vzduchu kondicionirati pripremiti lagra, torka ตาก (ไม้) เพื่อให้หายหด kurutmak, sertleştirmek 讓(木材)風乾 сушити дерево پانی، دھوپ وغیرہ میں تیار ہونے کے لئے چھوڑنا làm cho thích hợp （木材）晒干［淋湿］备用

adj seasonable

(negativeunseasonable) (of weather) of the kind that is to be expected for a particular time of year. tydig مُلائِم، في أوانِه подходящ за сезона obvyklý (v tomto období) sæsonmæssig; som passer til årstiden zeitgemäß ανάλογος προς την εποχή (για καιρό) propio de la estación aastaajale vastav مناسب فصل vuodenaikaan nähden normaali (hors) de saison עוֹנָתִי उपयुक्त, संगत koji odgovara određenom dobu godine az évszaknak megfelelő sesuai dengan musim einkennandi fyrir ákveðið tímabil/árstíð di stagione 季節にふさわしい 계절이 알맞은 būdingas/įprastas kuriam nors metų laikui piemērots/raksturīgs gadalaikam lazimnya passend bij het seizoen som passer til årstida odpowiedni dla danej pory da época de sezon соответствующий времени года (v tomto období) obvyklý ki ustreza letnemu času sezonski typiskt för årstiden ถูกต้องตามฤดูกาล mevsime uygun (天氣)合時宜的 своєчасний; доречний موسم کے لیے موزوں hợp thời vụ, thích hợp 合时宜的

adj seasonal

done at a particular season only seasonal work as a waitress; seasonal sports. seisoenaal مَوْسِمي сезонен sezónní sæsonbestemt saisonbedingt εποχιακός de temporada hooajaline فصلي kausi- saisonnier עוֹנָתִי मौसमी, ऋतुनिष्ठ, ऋतु sezonski, određen vremenom idényjellegű musiman árstíðabundinn stagionale 季節の 계절적 sezoninis sezonas- bermusim seizoen{#169} sesong- sezonowy sazonal sezonier, de sezon сезонный sezónny sezonski sezonski säsongs- ทำเฉพาะบางฤดูเท่านั้น mevsimlik 季節性的 сезонний کسی خاص موسم پر مبنی từng thời vụ, thay đổi theo mùa 季节性的

adj seasoned

experienced seasoned political campaigners. gehard مُجَرِّب، خَبير опитен ostřílený erfaren erfahren έμπειρος experimentado kogenud كارآزموده kokenut expérimenté מְנוסֶה पका सिझाया iskusan, prokušan tapasztalt berpengalaman vanur, reyndur esperto ベテランの 숙련된 prityręs rūdīts; pieredzējis berpengalaman doorkneed -vant, erfaren zaprawiony, zahartowany experiente experimentat опытный ostrieľaný izkušen iskusan van, garvad เคยชิน; ช่ำชอง tecrübeli 有經驗的，飽經風霜的 досвідчений; загартований تجربہ کار dày dạn 有经验的，饱经风霜的

n seasoning

something used to season food Salt and pepper are used as seasonings. geursels تابِل подправка koření krydderi das Gewürz άρτυμα, καρύκευμα condimento, aliño maitseained چاشني mauste assaisonnement תַבלִינִים परिपक्वन, स्वादिष्ट बनाना začin, mirodija fűszer(ezés) bumbu krydd condimento 調味料 조미료 prieskonis, paskaninimas garšvielas perisa kruiderij krydder przyprawa tempero ase­zonare приправа, специи korenie, koreniny začimba začin krydda, kryddning, smaksättning เครื่องปรุง çeşnilik, terbiye 調味品 приправа کھانے کا ذائقہ بڑھانے کی اشیا gia vị 调味品

season ticket

a ticket (usually for travel) that can be used repeatedly during a certain period a three-month season ticket. seisoenkaartjie تَذْكِرَه مَوسِمِيَّه абонаментна карта předplatní lístek abonnementskort die Zeitkarte εισιτήριο διαρκείας abono hooajapilet بليط مدت دار kausikortti (carte d')abonnement כַּרטִיס עוֹנָתִי मियादी टिकट, मौसमी टिकट predbrojka, pretplatna karta bérlet(jegy) tiket musiman áskriftarmiði abbonamento 定期券 정기권 nuolatinis bilietas sezonas biļete tiket langganan abonnementskaart sesongkort/-billett abonament, bilet okresowy passe abonament сезонный билет predplatný lístok sezonska vozovnica sezonska karta säsongsbiljett, -kort ตั๋วตลอดฤดู mevsimlik bilet, abonman karnesi 一定期間內可不限定次數使用的(旅遊)票 абонемент کسی خاص مدت میں استعمال ہونے والی ٹکٹ vé mùa 定期票

in season

(of food) available, ready for eating That fruit is not in season just now. in seisoen ، في وَقْتِه المُناسِب، مُتَوَفِّر време за být sezóna (čeho) årstiden for zu haben στην εποχή του de temporada valmis, hooaeg فصلي parhaimmillaan de saison בָּעוֹנָה उपयुक्त समय में dozrelo most van az ideje sedang musim fáanlegur á uppskerutíma/veiðitíma di stagione 出ざかりで 제철인 prinokęs, prisirpęs Šobrīd šim auglim nav sezona. sedia untuk dimakan van het seizoen årstida for (jordbær, osv.), –tid dostępny, osiągalny, dojrzały na época de sezon сезон byť sezóna (čoho) dozorel u sezoni [] säsong för [] อยู่ในฤดู mevsiminde, ... mevsimi 合時令的(蔬果等) стиглий; такий що по сезону موجود، موسمی đúng lúc, đúng mùa 应时的（水果等）

out of season

not in season. uit seisoen لَيس في الوَقْت المُناسِب، غَيْر مُتَوَفِّر не е време за mimo sezónu uden for sæsonen nicht zu haben εκτός εποχής temporada baja pole valmis, pole hooaeg غيرفصلي sesongin ulkopuolella hors de saison לא בַּעוֹנָה मौके-बेमौके u nezgodan čas, neumjesno időszerűtlen di luar musim ófáanlegur fuori stagione 季節はずれで 제철이 아닌 ne laiku, ne sezono metu nav dabūjams/pieejams; nav sezona bukan musim niet van het seizoen utenfor sesongen nieosiągalny fora de época în afara sezo­nului не сезон mimo sezóny ob nepravem času van sezone inte säsong för นอกฤดูกาล ...-in mevsimi değil 不合時令的 не до речі; не по сезону موجود نہیں hết mùa 不合时令的

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season → موسم roční období årstid Jahreszeit εποχή estación vuodenaika saison sezona stagione 季節 계절 seizoen årstid pora roku estação do ano время года säsong ฤดู mevsim mùa 季节