social season
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6.7
- noun
:
temporada social
- Many couples plan their weddings during the winter social season to take advantage of festive celebrations.
- highlight of the social season
- social season in spring
Examples
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The annual George Ohr Gala is always one of the social season's highlights on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and this year's 11th annual event with the theme T'Ohr de France is shaping up to be a T'Ohr de force.
Blog text (2) -
You do realize that this is my busiest social season.
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The yearly races were second only to the Saint Cecilia Ball as the crowning event of Charleston's social season.
Fiction book (1991) -
Jewish men may have had their B'nai B'rith and other lodges, but the Purim balls and strawberry festivals planned by the women highlighted the social season.
Academic text (2003) -
The highlight of the summer social season is the grand charity ball held at the mansion.
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The opening gala marked the beginning of the fall social season, attracting the city's elite.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'social' (relating to social events or society) + 'season' (a marked period), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes the period when social gatherings occur. The specialised nuance that it often refers to fashionable or upper‑class events is a cultural detail, but the core meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Social season comes from a time when wealthy families spent part of the year in town for balls, parties and charity events. That busy season of gatherings made social season mean 'the time of year when major social events are held'.