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summertime

summertime

66 1.0
The warm part of the year when days are long
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌmərˌtaɪm/
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  • In the summertime, families often enjoy barbecues and picnics in the park.
  • summertime temperatures
  • summertime ozone

I am already wanting summertime to come back.

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Examples

  • Summertime is for real games, not video games.

  • The morning light in the summertime is just unmatched.

  • So for me, I wear these a lot in the summertime at the pool.

  • So the summertime brings about very little work.

  • South Central in summertime gets hot.

  • For instance, when I was a child, we used to go for long rides into the country in summertime.

  • On a Friday, I remember, during the summertime, when I didn't have to teach.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • All the birds that sang to the tree in the summertime had flown south for the winter.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Since it is the summertime, things have become a little more dormant.

    Academic text (2016)
  • And imagine in Spain in the summertime where it can get quite humid.

Synonyms

summer
vssummertime
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The warmest season of the year between spring and autumn

refers to that period focusing on warm or hot weather rather than dates

Antonyms

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A season with the coldest weather between autumn and spring

How Late

autumn
140 1.0
dormition of summer
  • Archaic
9.9
summertime
66 1.0
mid-June
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Surface Forms

summertime singular
summertimes plural

Morphology

summertime = summer + time (transparent) = summer + time

A straightforward compound: 'summer' + 'time' denotes the time/season of summer, which is directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

The word summertime is made of summer and time, so it means the 'season' or 'time of year' when it is warm. That's why we use summertime to talk about long days, hot weather, and holidays.