## Meanings
1. One of the four parts of the year: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
2. A period of the year when a particular activity or event happens.
3. A period of the year marked by a major holiday.
4. To add salt, pepper, or other flavourings to food.

## Examples
- Autumn is my favourite season of the year.
- It is hard to find a hotel during the tourist season.
- The shops are always busy during the Christmas season.
- Season the soup with a little salt and pepper.

## Synonyms
- accustom
- alloy
- intermingle
- mature
- mix

## Derived Forms
- end-of-season
- interseason
- intraseason
- mid-season
- midseason
- miniseason
- multiseason
- nonseason
- off-season
- post-season
- postseason
- preseason

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *seh₁-
- Root: sesoun
- Root: seson
- Root: satiō

## Etymology
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”)).

## AI Etymology
Season is 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”)). Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-, Middle English sesoun, Old French seson, Latin satiō. In current use it includes senses such as One of the four parts of the year: spring, summer, autumn, and winter and A period of the year when a particular activity or event happens.

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