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| 1. | [ noun ] a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field | |
| Examples: | "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company" or "she always looked forward to the avocado season" |
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| Related terms: | time_period growing_season preseason exhibition_season football_season sheepshearing holiday_season fishing_season hunting_season hockey_season theatrical_season social_season Whitsun basketball_season baseball_season high_season off-season seedtime | |
| 2. | [ noun ] one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions | |
| Synonyms: | time_of_year | |
| Examples: | "the regular sequence of the seasons" |
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| Related terms: | time_period summer spring winter fall haying rainy_season dry_season harvest year | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a recurrent time marked by major holidays | |
| Examples: | "it was the Christmas season" |
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| Related terms: | time_period Christmas Advent Twelfthtide Eastertide Allhallowtide Lammastide Shrovetide Lent Michaelmastide | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make fit | |
| Synonyms: | harden | |
| Examples: | "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller" |
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| Related terms: | toughen | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (food) lend flavor to | |
| Synonyms: | flavour flavor | |
| Examples: | "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" |
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| Related terms: | spice salt sauce savor curry resinate cooking relish seasoner seasoning flavorer taste | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3463 | |
| 7. | [ verb ] make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate | |
| Synonyms: | mollify temper | |
| Examples: | "she tempered her criticism" |
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| Related terms: | weaken mollification | |
| Similar spelling: |
Sexson session seism segno sesame |
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