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Season

/[ˈsiː.zn̩]/ noun, verb

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Noun

1
Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
"we saw, in six days' traveling, the several seasons of the year in their beauty and perfection"
2
one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions wordnet
3
A period of the year when something particular happens.
"mating season"
4
a recurrent time marked by major holidays wordnet
5
A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
"He seldom was seen in the office himself, but occasionally a paragraph in the paper recorded that his yacht had touched at Mentone and that he had been seen at the Monte Carlo tables, or that he was expected in Leicestershire for the season."

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6
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field wordnet
7
The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
8
That which gives relish; seasoning. obsolete
"O! she is fallen Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea Hath drops too few to wash her clean again, And salt too little which may season give To her foul-tainted flesh."
9
A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each. Australia, Canada, US
"The third season of Robot Chicken aired from 2007 to 2008."
10
An extended, undefined period of time. archaic
"It was the Winter wilde. While the Heav’n-born-childe, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies: Nature in aw to him Had doff't her gawdy trim, With her great Maſter ſo to ſympathize: It was no ſeaſon then for her To wanton with the Sun her luſty Paramour."
11
A period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular emotion of situation.
"a season of faithlessness"
12
The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
13
A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.

Verb

1
To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance. transitive
"to season oneself to a climate"
2
To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt. transitive
3
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else wordnet
4
To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices. broadly, transitive
"The timber needs to be seasoned."
5
make healthy wordnet

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To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate. intransitive
7
lend flavor to wordnet
8
To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance. intransitive
"The wood has seasoned in the sun."
9
To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture. transitive
10
To impregnate (literally or figuratively). obsolete
"When the male hath once ſeaſoned the female, he neuer after toucheth her."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English sāwan (“to sow”), sǣd (“seed”). Doublet of saison. Displaced native Middle English sele (“season”) (from Old English sǣl (“season, time, occasion”)), Middle English tide (“season, time of year”) (from Old English tīd (“time, period, yeartide, season”)).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From French assaisonner.

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