season

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One of the four parts of the year: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

   Autumn is my favourite season of the year.

2. 2
   noun

   A period of the year when a particular activity or event happens.

   It is hard to find a hotel during the tourist season.

3. 3
   noun

   A period of the year marked by a major holiday.

   The shops are always busy during the Christmas season.

4. 4
   verb

   To add salt, pepper, or other flavourings to food.

   Season the soup with a little salt and pepper.

From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English sāwan (“to sow”), sǣd (“seed”). Doublet of saison. Displaced native Middle English sele (“season”) (from Old English sǣl (“season, time, occasion”)), Middle English tide (“season, time of year”) (from Old English tīd (“time, period, yeartide, season”)).

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