summer
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ər noun
1.
the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
2.
the period comprising the months of June, July, and August in the U.S., and from the middle of May to the middle of August in Great Britain.
3.
a period of hot, usually sunny weather: We had no real summer last year.
4.
the hotter half of the year (opposed to winter ): They spend the summers in New Hampshire and the winters in Florida.
5.
the period of finest development, perfection, or beauty previous to any decline: the summer of life.
adjective
7.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of summer: Iced tea is a summer drink.
8.
appropriate for or done during the summer: summer clothes; summer sports.
9.
having the weather or warmth of summer: summer days in late October.
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verb (used without object)
10.
to spend or pass the summer: They summered in Maine.
verb (used with object)
11.
to keep, feed, or manage during the summer: Sheep are summered in high pastures.
12.
to make summerlike.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English sumer, Old English sumor; cognate with Dutch zomer, German Sommer, Old Norse sumar summer; akin to Sanskrit samā half-year, year, Old Irish sam-, Welsh haf summer
before 900; Middle English sumer, Old English sumor; cognate with Dutch zomer, German Sommer, Old Norse sumar summer; akin to Sanskrit samā half-year, year, Old Irish sam-, Welsh haf summer
Related forms
sum·mer·less, adjective
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noun
1.
a principal beam or girder, as one running between girts to support joists.
2.
a stone laid upon a pier, column, or wall, from which one or more arches spring: usually molded or otherwise treated like the arch or arches springing from it.
3.
a beam or lintel.
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World English Dictionary
summer1 (ˈsʌmə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (sometimes capital) |
| a. the warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn, astronomically from the June solstice to the September equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere | |
| b. (as modifier): summer flowers; a summer dress Related: aestival | |
| 2. | the period of hot weather associated with the summer |
| 3. | a time of blossoming, greatest happiness, etc |
| 4. | poetic chiefly a year represented by this season: a child of nine summers |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (intr) to spend the summer (at a place) |
| 6. | (tr) to keep or feed (farm animals) during the summer: they summered their cattle on the mountain slopes |
| Related: aestival | |
| [Old English sumor; related to Old Frisian sumur, Old Norse sumar, Old High German sumar, Sanskrit samā season] | |
| 'summerless1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'summer-like1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'summerly1 | |
| —adj, —adv | |
| 'summery1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'summeriness1 | |
| —n | |
| summer2 (ˈsʌmə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: summer tree a large horizontal beam or girder, esp one that supports floor joists |
| 2. | another name for lintel |
| 3. | a stone on the top of a column, pier, or wall that supports an arch or lintel |
| [C14: from Anglo-Norman somer, from Old French somier beam, packhorse, from Late Latin sagmārius (equus) pack(horse), from sagma a packsaddle, from Greek] | |
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Word Origin & History
summer
"hot season of the year," O.E. sumor, from P.Gmc. *sumur- (cf. O.S., O.N., O.H.G. sumar, O.Fris. sumur, M.Du. somer, Du. zomer, Ger. Sommer), from PIE base *sem- (cf. Skt. sama "season, half-year," Avestan hama "in summer," Armenian amarn "summer," O.Ir. sam, O.Welsh ham, Welsh haf "summer"). O.N. sumarsdag,
first day of summer, was the Thursday that fell between April 9 and 15. For Indian summer see India. The verb meaning "to pass the summer" is recorded from mid-15c. Summer camp is attested from 1893; summer resort is from 1832; summer school first recorded 1860; theatrical summer stock id attested from 1942. Summertime is recorded from late 14c.; in Britain, as two words, with ref. to what in U.S. is "daylight saving time," it is recorded from 1916.
summer
"horizontal bearing beam," 1288, from Anglo-Fr. sumer, O.Fr. somer "main beam," originally "pack horse," from V.L. *saumarius, from L.L. sagmarius "pack horse," from sagma "packsaddle" (see sumpter).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary
SUMMER definition
String manipulation and pattern matching language by Klint & Sint at CWI in the late 1970s. It was recently used as the input and implementation language for the Dataflow Compiler Project at CWI.
["An Overview of the SUMMER Programming Language", Paul Klint, 7th POPL, ACM 1980, pp. 47-55].
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
summer
warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is usually defined as the period between the summer solstice (year's longest day), June 21 or 22, and the autumnal equinox (day and night equal in length), September 22 or 23; and in the Southern Hemisphere, as the period between December 22 or 23 and March 20 or 21. The temperature contrast between summer and the other seasons exists only in middle and high latitudes; temperatures in the equatorial regions generally vary little from month to month. For physical causes of the seasons, see season.
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Example sentences
There is plenty of summer vacation season left on the calendar, and boredom may already be settling in around the house.
With the summer solstice upon us, gals all across the world are looking for new ways to beat the heat.
Next summer is million years and two full semesters away.
For many, the warm glow of fireflies in the night air is a sure sign that summer has arrived.
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