autumn
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- noun
- /ˈɔːtəm/
- One autumn afternoon in 1991, Karen saw the autumn sun grow dark by 2:00 in the afternoon.
- summer and autumn
- spring and autumn
- early autumn
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- A roadside inn in autumn and anvil clanging.
- This right here has got autumn, autumn, winter written all over it.
- It's going to rain for until autumn here in Korea.
Examples
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It feels like early autumn, and it is in some countries.
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The leaves fall early this autumn in wind.
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By the autumn of 2000, the road to peace no longer seemed so clear.
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Yeah, so I love candles, especially as autumn fast approaches.
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What could be more ordinary than autumn leaves blowing in the wind?
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Reduce humidity in the house in the autumn by keeping doors shut when cooking, bathing, or showering.
Academic text (2011) -
The old, sad, spicy smell of autumn was beginning to overtake late summer's baked scents.
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And if a nightingale can sing on a chilly autumn morning, as passionately and as sweetly as it does on the night of May... then there is hope for me yet.
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The leaves fall early this autumn in wind.
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It's a beach, very long and flat, on an autumn afternoon in 1929.
Synonyms
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The season after summer when leaves change color and drop from trees
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A time when day and night are about the same length that marks the start of autumn
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A short love relationship that begins in autumn and feels like a warm sad memory
A North American plant with bright yellow flowers that bloom in late summer
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Etymology
Autumn comes from the Latin word autumnus, a name for the time 'after summer' when crops and leaves begin to 'dry' and fall. So autumn is the season when the weather cools and the trees lose their leaves.