seasonal
Use Seasonal in a sentence
zə adjective
noun
2.
a seasonal product, employee, etc.: to hire seasonals.
Related forms
sea·son·al·ly, adverb
sea·son·al·ness, noun
mul·ti·sea·son·al, adjective
non·sea·son·al, adjective
non·sea·son·al·ly, adverb
Usage note
Seasonal and seasonable are sometimes interchanged, probably because of their obvious connection with season. In edited prose and in formal speech these two adjectives are almost always distinguished. Seasonal describes phenomena that occur with or depend upon a season or the seasons: seasonal fluctuations in rainfall; seasonal sales. Seasonable in reference to weather means “suitable to or characteristic of the season”: a seasonable December; seasonable temperatures for July. Seasonable also has the sense “timely, opportune”: a seasonable offer of financial assistance.
Seasonal and seasonable are sometimes interchanged, probably because of their obvious connection with season. In edited prose and in formal speech these two adjectives are almost always distinguished. Seasonal describes phenomena that occur with or depend upon a season or the seasons: seasonal fluctuations in rainfall; seasonal sales. Seasonable in reference to weather means “suitable to or characteristic of the season”: a seasonable December; seasonable temperatures for July. Seasonable also has the sense “timely, opportune”: a seasonable offer of financial assistance.
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| —adj | |
| of, relating to, or occurring at a certain season or certain seasons of the year: seasonal labour | |
| 'seasonally | |
| —adv | |
| 'seasonalness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
We asked all of our employees to get seasonal flu vaccines.
The article is right, though, about the dearth of seasonal forecasts.
About half the flavors will be seasonal, about half will remain on the menu year round.
Saguaros crowd the slopes and huge boulders fill the canyon bottom, where a seasonal stream runs.
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