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summer

summer

98 4.4
A time in life when someone feels happiest or most successful
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌmər/
  • Literature
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  • She described her teenage years as the summer of her life, where everything felt possible.
  • summer of love

Examples

  • If you love me right, This could be the summer of our lives, our heart.

  • Long ago, when she was only six summers, she saw Bear Paw in a dream.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • How are you gonna find that summer love?

  • It's the summer of love, baby.

  • Each day was like the best days of summer he remembered as a child.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • This is the the peak of the summer in Iraq.

  • Social historians refer to the summer of 1967 as "the summer of love."

    Academic text (1995)
  • It was a summer of change, a summer of big developments, and a summer of making new friends.

  • In those cottages, those summers, his family seemed different, loosed from the habits of town.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • T3 also offers international conferences every spring, online courses, and summer institutes in more than 20 countries.

    Academic text (2001)

Antonyms

557 1.3

Not reaching what was planned or expected

439 3.9

A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value

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

Surface Forms

summer singular
summers plural

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the meaning of summer as a time of peak happiness is to think of the warm season as full of growth and light; that's why calling a time the 'summer' of your life means it was your happiest, most successful time.