Definition von season

Häufigkeit

season

(siːzən )

Wortformen:plural, 3rd person singular present tense seasons , present participle seasoning , past tense, past participle seasoned

1. zählbares Substantiv

The seasons are the main periods into which a year can be divided and which each have their own typical weather conditions.

Autumn's my favourite season.

...the only region of Brazil where all four seasons are clearly defined.

...the rainy season.

2. zählbares Substantiv [usually singular]

You can use season to refer to the period during each year when a particular activity or event takes place. For example, the planting season is the period when a particular plant or crop is planted.

...birds arriving for the breeding season.

For law students, autumn brings the recruiting season.

Synonyme:period, time, term, spell Weitere Synonyme von season

3. zählbares Substantiv [noun NOUN, oft in/out of N]

You can use season to refer to the period when a particular fruit, vegetable, or other food is ready for eating and is widely available.

The plum season is about to begin.

Now British asparagus is in season.

4. zählbares Substantiv [usually singular]

You can use season to refer to a fixed period during each year when a particular sport is played.

...the baseball season.

It is his first race this season.

5. zählbares Substantiv

A season is a period in which a play or show, or a series of plays or shows, is performed in one place.

...a season of three new plays.

...the Royal Ballet's summer season.

6. zählbares Substantiv [usually singular]

A season of films is several of them shown as a series because they are connected in some way.

...a season of films by America's preeminent documentary maker, Ken Burns. [+ of]

7. zählbares Substantiv [usually singular] [oft in/out of N]

The holiday or vacation season is the time when most people have their holiday.

...the peak holiday season.

There are discos and clubs but these are often closed out of season.

8. Verb

If you season food with salt, pepper, or spices, you add them to it in order to improve its flavour.

Season the meat with salt and pepper. [VERB noun + with]

I believe in seasoning food before putting it on the table. [VERB noun]

Synonyme:flavour, salt, spice, lace Weitere Synonyme von season

9. Verb [usually passive]

If wood is seasoned, it is made suitable for making into furniture or for burning, usually by being allowed to dry out gradually.

Ensure that new wood has been seasoned. [be VERB-ed]

Synonyme:mature, age, condition, prime Weitere Synonyme von season

10. See also seasoned, seasoning

11.

in season

Weitere Synonyme von season

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Häufigkeit

season in American

(ˈsizən ; sēˈzən)

Substantiv

any of the four arbitrary divisions of the year, characterized chiefly by differences in temperature, precipitation, amount of daylight, and plant growth; spring, summer, fall (or autumn), or winter

a time or part of the year during which a specified kind of agricultural work is done or a specified kind of weather prevails

the harvest season, the rainy season

the time when something specified flourishes, develops, takes place, or is popular, permitted, or at its best

the opera season, the hunting season

a period of time

a slack season in business

the suitable, fitting, or convenient time

the period of time during which a specified festival or holiday occurs

the Christmas season

7. Obsolete

something that seasons

Verb transitiv

to make (food) more tasty by adding salt, spices, etc.

to add zest or interest to

to season a lecture with humor

10.

to make more suitable for use; improve the quality of, as by aging, drying, etc.; cure; mature

to season lumber

to give (an athlete, actor, etc.) experience to increase skill

many tours seasoned him as an actor

11.

to make used to; accustom; inure; acclimate

seasoned to a hard life

12.

to make less harsh or severe; temper; soften

discipline seasoned with kindness

Verb intransitiv

13.

to become seasoned, as wood by drying

Redewendungen:

Abgeleitete Formen

seasoner (ˈseasoner)

Substantiv

Wortherkunft von season

ME sesoun < OFr seson < VL satio, season for sowing < L, a sowing, planting < base of serere, to sow: see seed

Häufigkeit

season in British

(ˈsiːzən )

Substantiv

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

a period of the year characterized by particular conditions or activities

the rainy season

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

a period during which a particular entertainment, sport, etc, takes place

a season at the National Theatre

the football season

the tourist season

(esp formerly) a period of fashionable social events in a particular place

the London season

any definite or indefinite period

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)

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

10. in good season

11. in season

Verb

12. (transitive)

to add herbs, salt, pepper, or spice to (food)

13. (transitive)

to add zest to

14.

(in the preparation of timber) to undergo or cause to undergo drying

15. (tr; usually passive)

to make or become mature or experienced

seasoned troops

16. (transitive)

to mitigate or temper

to season one's admiration with reticence

Abgeleitete Formen

seasoned (ˈseasoned)

Adjektiv

seasoner (ˈseasoner)

Substantiv

seasonless (ˈseasonless)

Adjektiv

Wortherkunft von season

C13: from Old French seson, from Latin satiō a sowing, from serere to sow

Häufigkeit

season in Retail

(sizən)

Wortformen:(regular plural) seasons

Substantiv

(Retail: Products)

In retailing, a season is a distinct time of the year when certain types of goods are available or in vogue.

We will also open a new store this year in the St. Louis market in time for the back-to-school selling season.

Spring season fashions are bought the previous summer or fall.

In retailing, a season is a distinct time of the year when certain types of goods are available or in vogue.

seasonal

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Season with some pepper and serve piping hot. The Sun (2012)Smear any escaping herby oil over the outside of the meat and season it. Times, Sunday Times (2014)The answer is to eat food in season. The Sun (2008)This period of the season you feel much more under pressure as a manager. Times, Sunday Times (2014)We are hopefully going to go for all four again this season. The Sun (2009)The autumn season has begun strongly and could well continue that way. Times, Sunday Times (2008)Season well and add a generous amount of olive oil. Times, Sunday Times (2012)We turned them over at their place last season. The Sun (2015)We had a fantastic season last time. The Sun (2015)It turns out that silver tantrums are actually a key stage of the holiday season. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Then place them with the wings in a roasting tin and season with salt and pepper. Times, Sunday Times (2013)He has improved throughout the season and stays this trip well. The Sun (2015)Season with pepper and process until fairly smooth. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Season the meat with salt and pepper and sprinkle with the lemon zest and nutmeg. Times, Sunday Times (2008)It was a ski resort with hardly any snow in winter because their winter was the dry season. Magnouloux, Bernard Travels with Rosinante (1990)The idea of us being together for the closest finish to a season in years was too much to bear. Times, Sunday Times (2008)The fly-half has burst into the limelight this season with a series of stunning displays. The Sun (2008)