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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishsesoun, seson(“time of the year”), fromOld Frenchseson, saison(“time of sowing, seeding”), fromLatinsatiō(“act of sowing, planting”) fromsatum, past participle ofserō(“to sow, plant”) fromProto-Indo-European*seh₁-(“to sow, plant”). Akin toOld Englishsāwan(“to sow”),sǣd(“seed”).Doublet ofsaison. Displaced nativeMiddle Englishsele(“season”) (fromOld Englishsǣl(“season, time, occasion”)),Middle Englishtide(“season, time of year”) (fromOld Englishtīd(“time, period, yeartide, season”)).

Noun

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season (pluralseasons)

  2. Each of the four divisions of ayear:spring,summer,autumn (fall) andwinter
    Synonyms:yeartide,yeartime
    • c.1705,Joseph Addison,Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703:
      we saw, in six days' traveling, the severalseasons of the year in their beauty and perfection
    • 1973, “Seasons in the Sun”,Jaques Brel (original version),Rod McKuen (lyrics), performed byTerry Jacks:
      We had joy, we had fun, we hadseasons in the sun, / But the wine and the song, / like theseasons, have all gone.
  3. A period of the year when something particular happens.
    matingseason
    the rainyseason
    the footballseason
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteagueseason.
    • 2025 March 11, Matias Grez, “Steph Curry accepts assistant general manager role at alma mater Davidson College”, inCNN‎[1]:
      Curry, a four-time NBA champion with the Warriors, played for the Wildcats for threeseasons between 2006 and 2009, where he was twice named conference player of the year.[…] Curry has been named NBA regularseason MVP twice and is an 11-time All Star.
  4. A period of the year in which aplace is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
    • 1925 July –1926 May,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, inThe Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia:Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      He seldom was seen in the office himself, but occasionally a paragraph in the paper recorded that his yacht had touched at Mentone and that he had been seen at the Monte Carlo tables, or that he was expected in Leicestershire for theseason.
  5. (cricket) Theperiod over which aseries ofTest matches are played.
  6. (obsolete) That which givesrelish; seasoning.
  8. (Canada,US, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
    Synonym:series(British English)
    The thirdseason ofRobot Chicken aired from 2007 to 2008.
    • 1998 February 11, “Tom's Rhinoplasty”, inSouth Park, season 1, episode11:
      Or - is she Erin Gray in the secondseason of Buck Rogers beautiful?
  9. (archaic) An extended, undefined period of time.
    • 1646 (indicated as1645),John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, inPoems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth forHumphrey Mosely, […],→OCLC,page 2:
      It was the Winter wilde.
      While the Heav’n-born-childe,
      All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies:
      Nature in aw to him
      Had doff't her gawdy trim,
      With her great Maſter ſo to ſympathize:
      It was noſeaſon then for her
      To wanton with the Sun her luſty Paramour.
    • 1656,John Owen,The Mortification of Sin:
      So it is in a person when a breach hath been made upon his conscience, quiet, perhaps credit, by his lust, in some eruption of actual sin; — carefulness, indignation, desire, fear, revenge are all set on work about it and against it, and lust is quiet for aseason, being run down before them; but when the hurry is over and the inquest is past, the thief appears again alive, and is as busy as ever at his work.
    • 1902, John Buchan,The Outgoing of the Tide:
      Aseason of great doubt fell upon her soul.
  10. (Evangelical Christianity) A period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular emotion of situation.
    aseason of faithlessness
  11. (video games) The full set ofdownloadablecontent for a game, which can be purchased with aseason pass.
  12. (video games) A fixed period of time in amassively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.
Usage notes
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In British English, a year-long group of episodes of a television or radio show is called aseries, whereas in North American English the wordseries is a synonym ofprogram orshow.

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Translations
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quarter of a year
part of year with something special
a group of episodes
(obsolete) that which gives relish
(obsolete) an extended, undefined period of time
See also
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Seasons in English ·seasons(layout ·text) ·category
springsummerautumn,fallwinter

Verb

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season (third-person singular simple presentseasons,present participleseasoning,simple past and past participleseasoned)

  1. (transitive) Tohabituate,accustom, orinure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
    toseason oneself to a climate
  2. (transitive, by extension) Toprepare bydrying orhardening, orremoval of naturaljuices.
    The timber needs to beseasoned.
  3. (intransitive) To becomemature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
  4. (intransitive) To becomedry andhard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.
    The wood hasseasoned in the sun.
  5. (transitive) Tomingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify byadmixture.
  6. (obsolete) Toimpregnate (literally or figuratively).
    • 1589,Richard Hakluyt, chapter 22, inThe principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation‎[2], part 1,London, page93:
      When the male hath onceſeaſoned the female, he neuer after toucheth her.
      [When the male hath onceseasoned the female, he never after toucheth her.]
    • 1601,Philemon Holland,The Historie of the World‎[3], book 8,London, translation ofNaturalis Historia byPliny the Elder, chapter 45, page224:
      For this prince[…]would not ſuffer the Buls to come unto the Kine andſeaſon them, before they were both foure yeares old.
    • 1745,A Collection of Voyages and Travels, page150:
      If you hadseasoned me with that philosophy, which formeth the mind to ratiocination, and insensibly accustoms it to be satisfied with nothing but solid reasons, if you had given me those excellent precepts and doctrines, which raise the foul above the assaults of fortune, and reduce her to an unshakeable and always equal temper, and permit her not to be lifted up b prosperity, nor debased by adversity, if you had taken care to give me the knowledge of what we are, and what are the first principles of things, and had assisted me in forming in my mind a fit idea of the greatness of the universe, and of the admirable order and motion of the parts thereof, if, I say, you had instilled into me this kind of philosophy, I should think myself incomparably more obliged to you thanAlexander was to hisAristotle
    • 1763, Edmund Burton,Antient Characters deduced from Classical Remains, page82:
      In minds, notseasoned and impregnated with the due apprehension of those ends, that conduce to ease and security, there is usually a tempestuous discontent, that raises unruly ferments; an unkind gale, by whose resistless powers, the port is overreached.
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to make fit for any use by time or habit
to prepare by drying or hardening
to become mature
to become dry and hard

Etymology 2

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FromFrenchassaisonner.

Verb

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season (third-person singular simple presentseasons,present participleseasoning,simple past and past participleseasoned)

  1. (transitive) Toflavourfood withspices,herbs orsalt.
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to flavour food—see alsospice up,‎condiment,‎flavorize

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Middle English

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Noun

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season

  1. (Late Middle English)alternative form ofsesoun
    • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e.,Thomas Malory], “[Launcelot andGuinevere]”, inLe Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England:s.n.],folio 449, recto:
      IN Maẏ whan eúý harte floryſhyth́ ⁊ burgruyth́ for as theſeaſon ys luſty to be holde and comfortable ſo man and woman reioyſyth and gladith of ſom[er] cõmynge wt his freyſhe floures
      IN May, when every heart flourisheth and burgeneth; for as theseason is lusty to behold, and comfortable, so man and woman rejoice and be glad of summer coming with his fresh flowers.
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