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summer

summer

1.0
The warmest season of the year between spring and autumn
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌmər/
translation icon : verano
  • Many families enjoy barbecues and picnics during summer when the weather is warm.
  • last summer
  • spend the summer
  • a summer vacation

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Examples

  • Both students were referred to a summer academic clinic for difficulties surrounding reading fluency.

    Academic text (2015)
  • With all of the preparations, summer will be here quickly.

  • So we decided over the summer to sell the agency.

  • And we got more coming this summer, a lot more coming.

  • There are details that we know from last summer that came again this year.

  • And at the end of the summer, the world changed.

  • All summer program teachers attended 100% of summer program days and consultation sessions.

    Academic text (2013)
  • It was a summer job.

  • Are you taking that dream vacation this summer but dreading the cost?

  • Ms. Duchin spoke with The Chronicle about the summer school and the group's broader goals.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

summertime
vssummer
66 1.0

The warm part of the year when days are long

is the astronomically defined season marked by solstice and equinox dates

Antonyms

1.0

A season with the coldest weather between autumn and spring

Compounds

57 1.3

A place where children stay away from home in summer to join activities

32 2.3

A course held during the summer for students who need extra classes or credit

12 3.2

A house in the country used for staying and relaxing during summer

5 1.0

A long break in summer when schools are closed

A day with the most daylight in the year, usually around June 21 in the north

A soft cool wind in summer that feels pleasant

3 6.8

Plays put on by a local theatre group in the summer at holiday places

A soft vegetable like zucchini eaten while its skin is still tender

A period of warm, dry weather that comes in autumn after a frost

A public event held each summer with music, food, and activities

A short trip in summer to relax, for example at the beach

A late period when someone or something becomes successful again after decline

Crops that are gathered in summer, such as fruits and vegetables

9.9

The end of summer when days get cooler and shorter

A short period of unusually warm weather in autumn, often in November

9.9

A tall flowering plant with white flower clusters that blooms in summer in eastern United States woods

A yellow squash with a thin curved neck and slightly bumpy skin used in cooking

A bush with many branches whose green leaves turn purple and red in autumn

9.9

A tree that makes small red sour fruit used to make jelly

summer hyacinth
  • South African
8.8

A plant from southern Africa with white bell-shaped flowers grown in gardens

A bird in the central and southern United States whose male is deep red and female is mostly yellow

A large pink rose with a very strong smell, grown for perfume

9.0

A colorful North American bird that nests in holes in trees

A flat fish from the east coast of North America that people eat

An herb with small leaves and a pleasant smell that you use to add flavor to food

8.4

A bush with fragrant white flowers that bloom in summer

A bird found in North America with males deep red and females mostly yellow

That blooms in summer

A European plant with narrow leaves and clusters of small white star-shaped flowers

A bushy plant that grows soft edible squash eaten young

Plants that bloom in summer

9.9

A person who is innocent and trusts people easily

A low garden plant with clusters of white flowers that is sometimes poisonous

How Warm

summer
1.0
spring
854 1.0
winter
1.0

Surface Forms

summer singular
summers plural

Etymology

Summer comes from an old German word sumar meaning 'the warm season' and is the same as German Sommer, so think of long, warm days and sunshine to remember it.