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   season

   /ˈsiːzn/

   noun

   • 1. each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.
   • ▪ a period of the year characterized by a particular climatic feature or marked by a particular activity, event, or festivity: "the rainy season"
   • ▪ a fixed time in the year when a particular sporting activity is pursued: "the English cricket season is almost upon us"
   • ▪ the time of year when a particular fruit, vegetable, or other food is plentiful and in good condition: "the pies are made with fruit that is in season"
   • ▪ a time of year traditionally adopted by the English upper classes for a series of fashionable social events.
   • ▪ a proper or suitable time: archaic "to everything there is a season"
   • ▪ an indefinite or unspecified period of time; a while: archaic "this most beautiful soul; who walked with me for a season in this world"
   • 2. a set or sequence of related television programmes; a series: North American "the first two seasons of the show"
   • 3. a period when a female mammal is ready to mate: "the bitch can come into season at irregular intervals"

   verb

   • 1. add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food): "season the soup to taste with salt and pepper" Similar flavouradd flavouring toadd salt/pepper tospiceadd spices/herbs toinformal:pep upadd zing to
   • ▪ add a quality or feature to (something), especially so as to make it more lively or exciting: "his conversation is seasoned liberally with exclamation points and punch lines" Similar enlivenleavenadd spice toenrichliven upanimateaugmentinformal:pep upadd zest/zing to
   • 2. make (wood) suitable for use as timber by adjusting its moisture content to that of the environment in which it will be used: "I collect and season most of my wood" Similar matureagemellowconditionacclimatizetemperprepareprimeripen

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French seson, from Latin satio(n-) ‘sowing’, later ‘time of sowing’, from the root of serere ‘to sow’.

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