season

«season» in Mova's school dictionary: one of the four parts of the year: spring, summer, autumn… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a season, seasons); verb (season, seasons, seasoned, seasoning — to add salt, pepper or spices)

meaning for a pupil

1) A season is one of the four parts of the year: spring, summer, autumn (fall in the USA and Canada) and winter. tree →

2) A season is also a time of year when something happens: the rainy season, the football season, the holiday season. tree →

3) To season food means to add salt, pepper, herbs or spices to give it flavour. tree →

4) To season wood means to dry it out over time so it is ready to use. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science the seasons happen because the Earth is tilted as it goes around the Sun; when one hemisphere leans towards the Sun it has summer. In the Northern Hemisphere (UK, Ireland, USA, Canada) summer is in the middle of the year; in Australia and New Zealand the seasons are the other way round. Near the equator there are often a wet season and a dry season. Phrases: in season, out of season, the festive season, season ticket, rainy season.

examples

• There are four seasons in a year. tree →
• My favourite season is autumn, when the leaves turn orange. tree →
• In Australia, Christmas comes in the summer season. tree →
• Strawberries are in season in summer. tree →
• The football season starts again soon. tree →
• Some countries near the equator have a rainy season and a dry season. tree →
• Dad seasoned the soup with salt and pepper. tree →
• Each season lasts about three months. tree →
• Rails split 'fo' bre'kfus'll season de dinner. tree →

note

Names of seasons are not written with a capital letter in English (summer, winter). «Autumn» is the usual word in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; «fall» in the USA and Canada. Myth: summer is not warmer because the Earth is closer to the Sun; it is because of the Earth's tilt. In maths problems: 4 seasons in a year, about 3 months each.

In the corpora

• Every rainy season the Amazon rises by up to ten metres or more and floods huge areas of forest for months.
• A farm's year turns with the seasons.
• In hunting season wear bright orange or other bright colours and stay on trails so hunters can see you.
• Button-mashing can win a round; practice wins a season.
• The seasons are le printemps (spring), l'été (summer), l'automne (autumn) and l'hiver (winter).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «season» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.