Word Meanings - SEASON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

fr. L. satio a sowing, a planting, fr. serere, satum, to sow, plant; 1. One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative

Additional info about word: SEASON

fr. L. satio a sowing, a planting, fr. serere, satum, to sow, plant; 1. One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy. The several seasons of the year in their beauty. Addison. 2. Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest. The season, prime for sweetest scents and airs. Milton. 3. A period of time not very long; a while; a time. Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. Acts xiii. 11. 4. That which gives relish; seasoning. You lack the season of all natures, sleep. Shak. In season, in good time, or sufficiently early for the purpose. -- Out of season, beyond or out of the proper time of the usual or appointed time.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SEASON)

• Drew
• Concoct
• compound
• mix
• hatch
• prepare
• season
• threaten
• impend
• increase
• collect
• form
• gather
• grow
• Interval
• Interim
• meantime
• period
• gap
• intermission
• Interspace
• cessation
• space between
• Time
• Period
• duration
• interval
• date
• opportunity
• age
• era
• occasion
• term
• space
• span
• spell

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SEASON)

• Resolve
• analyze

Related words: (words related to SEASON)

• PERIODIC; PERIODICAL
  Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. Periodic comet , a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. -- Periodic function , a function whose values
• INTERVALLUM
  An interval. And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth.
• COLLECTIVENESS
  A state of union; mass.
• COLLECTEDLY
  Composedly; coolly.
• INTERIM
  A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics. (more info) 1. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc. All
• HATCHURE
  See HACHURE
• OCCASIONALISM
  The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.
• CONCOCTER
  One who concocts.
• COLLECTIBLE
  Capable of being collected.
• PERIODONTAL
  Surrounding the teeth.
• COLLECTIVISM
  The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.
• SPELLBIND
  To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n.
• COMPOUNDER
  A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a
• HATCHETTINE; HATCHETTITE
  Mineral t
• COMPOUNDABLE
  That may be compounded.
• SPACE
  One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc. -- Space line , a thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance
• COLLECTIVELY
  In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
• HATCHET MAN
  1. A person hired to murder or physically attack another; a hit man.
• ANALYZER
  The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, analyzes.
• RESOLVENT
  Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• MEGATHEROID
  One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
• RESPELL
  To spell again.
• ANTIPERIODIC
  A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
• OBDURATION
  A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
• TAXGATHERER
  One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.
• ALABAMA PERIOD
  A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.