Meaning of "season" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEASON

From Old French seson, from Latin satiō a sowing, from serere to sow.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SEASON

season  [ˈsiːzən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEASON

Season is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb season in English.

WHAT DOES SEASON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Season

A season is a division of the year, marked by changes in weather, ecology, and hours of daylight. Seasons result from the yearly orbit of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis relative to the plane of the orbit. In temperate and polar regions, the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface, variations of which may cause animals to go into hibernation or to migrate, and plants to be dormant. During May, June, and July, the northern hemisphere is exposed to more direct sunlight because the hemisphere faces the sun. The same is true of the southern hemisphere in November, December, and January. It is the tilt of the Earth that causes the Sun to be higher in the sky during the summer months which increases the solar flux. However, due to seasonal lag, June, July, and August are the hottest months in the northern hemisphere and December, January, and February are the hottest months in the southern hemisphere. In temperate and subpolar regions, four calendar-based seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Definition of season in the English dictionary

The first definition of season in the dictionary is 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 have their characteristic weather conditions in different regions, and occur at opposite times of the year in the N and S hemispheres. Other definition of season is a period of the year characterized by particular conditions or activities. Season is also the period during which any particular species of animal, bird, or fish is legally permitted to be caught or killed.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SEASON

PRESENT

Present

I season

you season

he/she/it seasons

we season

you season

they season

Present continuous

I am seasoning

you are seasoning

he/she/it is seasoning

we are seasoning

you are seasoning

they are seasoning

Present perfect

I have seasoned

you have seasoned

he/she/it has seasoned

we have seasoned

you have seasoned

they have seasoned

Present perfect continuous

I have been seasoning

you have been seasoning

he/she/it has been seasoning

we have been seasoning

you have been seasoning

they have been seasoning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I seasoned

you seasoned

he/she/it seasoned

we seasoned

you seasoned

they seasoned

Past continuous

I was seasoning

you were seasoning

he/she/it was seasoning

we were seasoning

you were seasoning

they were seasoning

Past perfect

I had seasoned

you had seasoned

he/she/it had seasoned

we had seasoned

you had seasoned

they had seasoned

Past perfect continuous

I had been seasoning

you had been seasoning

he/she/it had been seasoning

we had been seasoning

you had been seasoning

they had been seasoning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will season

you will season

he/she/it will season

we will season

you will season

they will season

Future continuous

I will be seasoning

you will be seasoning

he/she/it will be seasoning

we will be seasoning

you will be seasoning

they will be seasoning

Future perfect

I will have seasoned

you will have seasoned

he/she/it will have seasoned

we will have seasoned

you will have seasoned

they will have seasoned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been seasoning

you will have been seasoning

he/she/it will have been seasoning

we will have been seasoning

you will have been seasoning

they will have been seasoning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would season

you would season

he/she/it would season

we would season

you would season

they would season

Conditional continuous

I would be seasoning

you would be seasoning

he/she/it would be seasoning

we would be seasoning

you would be seasoning

they would be seasoning

Conditional perfect

I would have season

you would have season

he/she/it would have season

we would have season

you would have season

they would have season

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been seasoning

you would have been seasoning

he/she/it would have been seasoning

we would have been seasoning

you would have been seasoning

they would have been seasoning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you season
we let´s season
you season

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to season

Past participle

seasoned

Present Participle

seasoning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SEASON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «season» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of season

acclimatize · accustom · age · anneal · condition · discipline · enliven · flavour · habituate · harden · inure · lace · leaven · mature · mellow · mitigate · moderate · period · prepare · prime · qualify · ripen · salt · spell · spice · temper · term · time · toughen · train

TRANSLATION OF SEASON

Find out the translation of season to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of season from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «season» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 季节
• Translator English - Spanish: estación
• English: season
• Translator English - Hindi: मौसम
• Translator English - Arabic: مَوْسِم
• Translator English - Russian: время года
• Translator English - Portuguese: estação do ano
• Translator English - Bengali: ঋতু
• Translator English - French: saison
• Translator English - Malay: Musim
• Translator English - German: Jahreszeit
• Translator English - Japanese: 季節
• Translator English - Korean: 계절
• Translator English - Javanese: Mangsa
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mùa
• Translator English - Tamil: சீசன்
• Translator English - Marathi: हंगाम
• Translator English - Turkish: sezon
• Translator English - Italian: stagione
• Translator English - Polish: pora roku
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сезон
• Translator English - Romanian: sezon
• Translator English - Greek: εποχή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: seisoen
• Translator English - Swedish: säsong
• Translator English - Norwegian: årstid

10 QUOTES WITH «SEASON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word season.

1

Carol Alt

These girls come; they last one season; they're completely used up and dried out and sent back home. That's not how to make a life. I want a girl to come in knowing full well what she's getting into and being able to deal and make decisions that will create a career.

2

Ed Belfour

I have been dealing with back problems since 1995 when I was with the Blackhawks, and I've only missed part of one season because of it. That was last season in Toronto.

3

Xander Berkeley

It's exciting that you've got an entire season to experience 24 hours of highly dramatically charged human experience. It allows for the close inspection of minutiae in behaviour.

4

Scott Brooks

To this day, I hate walnuts and I hate onions because on weekends when the walnuts and onions were in season, we were out there first thing in the morning and out there until the sun went down topping onions or picking walnuts.

5

Bobbi Brown

Every season has its lipstick trend, and just because your perfect color is a pinky beige, that doesn't mean you can't wear deep burgundy.

6

Gisele Bundchen

Christmas and the holidays are the season of giving. It's a time when people are more kind and open-hearted.

7

Marco Chiudinelli

I struggled quite a long time with my backhand, which was one of my best weapons before my surgery. It took me a long time until I regained full confidence in it again and only tried to keep the ball in play at the start of the '09 season.

8

Marin Cilic

The most special Slam is Wimbledon, of course. But where I feel the best is Melbourne. And you're happy that you're playing. When you get to the middle of the season, everything is week after week, and it's all routine. But when it's Melbourne in January, you are fresh and you want to play. It's nice.

9

Jane Clayson

There are seasons in life. Don't ever let anyone try to deny you the joy of one season because they believe you should stay in another season... Listen to yourself. Trust your instincts. Keep your perspective.

10

Francisco Costa

Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEASON»

Discover the use of season in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to season and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood

The bestselling inspirational book in which the author reunites with a childhood football hero, now a minister and coach, and witnesses a revelatory demonstration of the true meaning of manhood.

Jeffrey Marx, 2007

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home ...

If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you.

Eliot Coleman, 2012

Season of Migration to the North

A beautifully constructed novel set in the Sudan and Europe. 'Among the six finest novels to be written in modern Arabic literature.' Edward Said"

Tayeb Salih, al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ, 1991

Open Season

Seamlessly blending heart-pounding romance and breathless intrigue, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard writes a masterful, stylish, and provocative suspense novel that absolutely defies readers to put it down.

Linda Howard, 2011

A Season on the Mat: Dan Gable and the Pursuit of Perfection

A dramatic retelling of the University of Iowa's winning 1996-1997 wrestling season is presented through the story of its coach, from the numerous surgeries that ended his own athletic career to his role in the team's capture of a national ...

Nolan Zavoral, 2007

The Off Season

Life is looking up for D.J. Schwenk.

Catherine Gilbert Murdock, 2008

Boyfriend Season

Three girls in Atlanta fall in and out of love. Now each has an invitation to the hottest teen society party of the year. Can they handle the pressure of getting everything they think they want?

Kelli London, 2011

The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight ...

In this reissue of the environmental classic The Burning Season, with a new introduction by the author, Andrew Revkin artfully interweaves the moving story of Chico Mendes's struggle with the broader natural and human history of the world's ...

Andrew Revkin, 2004

Bee Season: A Novel

The work of a lyrical and gifted storyteller, Bee Season marks the arrival of an extraordinarily talented new writer. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Myla Goldberg, 2002

The Mozart Season

Allegra spends her twelfth summer practicing a Mozart concerto for a violin competition and finding many significant connections in her world.

Virginia Euwer Wolff, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEASON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term season is used in the context of the following news items.

Sanchez to miss start of season

The 26-year-old scored 25 goals for the Gunners last season as Arsene Wenger's side finished third in the Premier League, and added a stunning goal as they ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»

Here's What to Expect From True Detective Season 2

The second season of True Detective has a new cast, new directors and a new plot. But since creator Nic Pizzolatto also wrote both seasons, the True Detective ... «TIME, Jun 15»

What to Expect From the Season Finale of Game of Thrones

By and large, Game of Thrones finales have served as epilogues to the drama of the previous nine hours of the season, in particular whatever shocking or ... «TIME, Jun 15»

Everything you need to remember about Season 2 of 'Orange Is the …

Vee is (probably) dead, Figueroa is out and Pornstache is headed to prison. In the event that you'd rather not mainline 13 hours of Season 2 just so you're back ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»

'Game of Thrones' recap, season 5 episode 9: 'The Dance of …

This recap discusses the equally awesome and depressing events from “The Dance of Dragons,” the ninth episode of the fifth season of “Game of Thrones. «Washington Post, Jun 15»

Hurricane forecasting evolving with new storm surge products …

NOAA's Climate Prediction Center says the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season will likely be below-normal, but that's no reason to believe coastal areas will have it ... «NOAA, May 15»

Dancing With the Stars: Season 20 winners talk victory and what's next

It's time to pack up the fringe, glitter, and spray tan machines, because season 20 of Dancing With the Stars is a wrap. Rumer Willis and partner Val ... «Entertainment Weekly, May 15»

Why this season's 'Bachelorette' is the most addictive — and absurd …

During the premiere of the 11th season of “The Bachelorette” Monday night, “25 of the most eligible bachelors in the country” gathered at the mansion to meet, ... «New York Post, May 15»

'American Idol' to be eliminated after 2016 season

The long-running singing competition, not one of its singers, is being voted out by Fox, which will give it a 15th and final season next year. A once-monumental ... «USA TODAY, May 15»

On her own: 'Good Wife' goes back to square one in season finale

Toward the end of the season, her dream was realized, only to have it slip away when the Democratic party machine threw her under the bus and she had to ... «New York Post, May 15»