summer
1the 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.
the period comprising the months of June, July, and August in the United States, and from the middle of May to the middle of August in Great Britain.
a period of hot, usually sunny weather: We had no real summer last year.
the hotter half of the year (opposed to winter): They spend the summers in New Hampshire and the winters in Florida.
the period of finest development, perfection, or beauty previous to any decline: the summer of life.
a whole year as represented by this season: a girl of fifteen summers.
of, relating to, or characteristic of summer: Iced tea is a summer drink.
appropriate for or done during the summer: summer clothes;summer sports.
having the weather or warmth of summer: summer days in late October.
to spend or pass the summer: They summered in Maine.
to keep, feed, or manage during the summer: Sheep are summered in high pastures.
to make summerlike.
Origin of summer
1Other words from summer
- sum·mer·less, adjective
Words Nearby summer
Other definitions for summer (2 of 2)
a principal beam or girder, as one running between girts to support joists.
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.
a beam or lintel.
Origin of summer
2- Also Obsolete, som·er [suhm-er] /ˈsʌm ər/ (for def. 1) .
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How to use summer in a sentence
Our summers are longer which means that conditions are hotter, they’re drier, and that makes us more susceptible to wildfires.
“Unprecedented”: What’s behind the California, Oregon, and Washington wildfires | Umair Irfan | September 11, 2020 | VoxNikola did not address Fortune’s questions about Hindenburg’s specific claims, including questions about whether the truck shown in the 2018 video was moving under its own power, or who Nikola’s battery development partners were by summer 2020.
New report claims widespread deception by Nikola Motor and founder Trevor Milton | dzanemorris | September 10, 2020 | FortuneLabor Day weekend, the last official weekend of summer, isn’t typically the biggest movie weekend of the year.
U-pick typically accounts for 60 percent of business for the 28-year-old farm, and the summer high season has been going well.
In the summer of 2019, suppliers were preparing to make components for as many as 75 million handsets.
Apple is prepping 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year | radmarya | September 1, 2020 | Fortune
I actually downloaded the app last summer and was embarrassed because none of my friends seemed to use it.
Pitchfork called him a “a rap-obsessed misfit from a summer camp who freestyles poorly” who is “ridiculous without knowing it.”
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’ | Marlow Stern | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTLast summer, I spoke with first black supermodel Beverly Johnson about this for The Root.
One Vogue Cover Doesn’t Solve Fashion’s Big Race Problem | Danielle Belton | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTLast summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.
Miller traces his irreverent and subversive streak to a psychedelic experience during the particularly sweltering summer of 1991.
DJ Spooky Wants You To Question Everything You Know About Music, Technology, and Philosophy | Oliver Jones | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEdna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinAnd this summer it seemed to her that she never would be able to take proper care of her nestful of children.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyThe year before they had spent part of the summer with their grandmother Pontellier in Iberville.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinOf course, most specimens are probably taken up in the summer when the handsome foliage attracts the eye.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinIn a general way the fronds are best collected during the summer and autumn, when they will, of course, be well developed.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
British Dictionary definitions for summer (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsʌmə) /
(sometimes capital)
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
(as modifier): summer flowers; a summer dress Related adjective: aestival
the period of hot weather associated with the summer
a time of blossoming, greatest happiness, etc
mainly poetic a year represented by this season: a child of nine summers
(intr) to spend the summer (at a place)
(tr) to keep or feed (farm animals) during the summer: they summered their cattle on the mountain slopes
Origin of summer
1Derived forms of summer
- summerless, adjective
- summer-like, adjective
- summerly, adjective, adverb
- summery, adjective
- summeriness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for summer (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsʌmə) /
Also called: summer tree a large horizontal beam or girder, esp one that supports floor joists
another name for lintel
a stone on the top of a column, pier, or wall that supports an arch or lintel
Origin of summer
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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