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S0195100 (sē′zən)n.1. a. One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.b. The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.2. A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops: the holiday season; tomato season.3. A suitable, natural, or convenient time: a season for merriment.4. A period of time: gone for a season.v. sea·soned, sea·son·ing, sea·sons v.tr.1. To improve or enhance the flavor of (food) by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other flavorings.2. To add zest, piquancy, or interest to: seasoned the lecture with jokes.3. To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.4. To render competent through trial and experience: a lawyer who had been seasoned by years in the trial courts.5. To accustom or inure; harden: troops who had been seasoned in combat. See Synonyms at harden.6. To moderate; temper.v.intr. To become usable, competent, or tempered.Idioms: in season1. Available or ready for eating or other use.2. Legally permitted to be caught or hunted during a specified period.3. At the right moment; opportunely.4. In heat. Used of animals. out of season1. Not available, permitted, or ready to be eaten, caught, or hunted.2. Not at the right or proper moment; inopportunely.

[Middle English, from Old French seison, from Latin satiō, satiōn-, act of sowing, from satus, past participle of serere, to plant; see sē- in Indo-European roots.]

season

(ˈsiːzən) n1. (Astronomy) one of the four equal periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices, resulting from the apparent movement of the sun north and south of the equator during the course of the earth's orbit around it. These periods (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) have their characteristic weather conditions in different regions, and occur at opposite times of the year in the N and S hemispheres2. (Physical Geography) a period of the year characterized by particular conditions or activities: the rainy season. 3. (Hunting) the period during which any particular species of animal, bird, or fish is legally permitted to be caught or killed: open season on red deer. 4. a period during which a particular entertainment, sport, etc, takes place: a season at the National Theatre; the football season; the tourist season. 5. (esp formerly) a period of fashionable social events in a particular place: the London season. 6. any definite or indefinite period7. (Ecclesiastical Terms) any of the major periods into which the ecclesiastical calendar is divided, such as Lent, Advent, or Easter8. (sometimes capital) Christmas (esp in the phrases compliments of the season, Season's greetings)9. a period or time that is considered proper, suitable, or natural for something10. in good season early enough11. (Hunting) (of game) permitted to be caught or killed12. (Cookery) (of fresh food) readily available13. (Zoology) Also: in heat or on heat (of some female mammals) sexually receptive14. appropriatevb15. (Cookery) (tr) to add herbs, salt, pepper, or spice to (food)16. (tr) to add zest to17. (Forestry) (in the preparation of timber) to undergo or cause to undergo drying18. (tr; usually passive) to make or become mature or experienced: seasoned troops. 19. (tr) to mitigate or temper: to season one's admiration with reticence. [C13: from Old French seson, from Latin satiō a sowing, from serere to sow] ˈseasoned adj ˈseasoner n ˈseasonless adj

sea•son

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n. 1. one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice but geographically at different dates in different climates. 2. a period of the year characterized by particular weather conditions: the rainy season. 3. a period of the year when something is best or available: the oyster season. 4. a period of the year marked by certain conditions, activities, etc.: baseball season. 5. a period of the year immediately before and after a special holiday or occasion: the Christmas season. 6. an athletic team's term of competitive play in terms of total games or overall success. 7. period; time: in the season of my youth. v.t. 8. to give flavor to (food) by adding condiments, spices, or the like. 9. to enhance: conversation seasoned with wit. 10. to make fit or inure by experience. 11. to prepare for use, as by drying. v.i. 12. to become seasoned. Idioms: 1. in good season, in enough time; sufficiently early. 2. in season, a. in the proper time or state for use: Asparagus is now in season. b. in the period regulated by law, as for hunting and fishing. c. (of an animal, esp. female) in heat. 3. out of season, not in season. [1250–1300; Middle English seso(u)n < Old French se(i)son < Latin satiōnem, acc. of satiō the act of sowing (Vulgar Latin: sowing time), derivative of sa- (variant s. of serere to sow)]

sea·son

(sē′zən)1. One of four natural divisions of the year—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—in the North or South Temperate Zones. Each season begins as the sun passes through a solstice or an equinox.2. In some tropical climates, either of the two parts—rainy and dry—into which the year is divided.

season

Past participle: seasoned
Gerund: seasoning

Imperative
season
season

Present
I season
you season
he/she/it seasons
we season
you season
they season

Preterite
I seasoned
you seasoned
he/she/it seasoned
we seasoned
you seasoned
they seasoned

Present Continuous
I am seasoning
you are seasoning
he/she/it is seasoning
we are seasoning
you are seasoning
they are seasoning

Present Perfect
I have seasoned
you have seasoned
he/she/it has seasoned
we have seasoned
you have seasoned
they have seasoned

Past Continuous
I was seasoning
you were seasoning
he/she/it was seasoning
we were seasoning
you were seasoning
they were seasoning

Past Perfect
I had seasoned
you had seasoned
he/she/it had seasoned
we had seasoned
you had seasoned
they had seasoned

Future
I will season
you will season
he/she/it will season
we will season
you will season
they will season

Future Perfect
I will have seasoned
you will have seasoned
he/she/it will have seasoned
we will have seasoned
you will have seasoned
they will have seasoned

Future Continuous
I will be seasoning
you will be seasoning
he/she/it will be seasoning
we will be seasoning
you will be seasoning
they will be seasoning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been seasoning
you have been seasoning
he/she/it has been seasoning
we have been seasoning
you have been seasoning
they have been seasoning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been seasoning
you will have been seasoning
he/she/it will have been seasoning
we will have been seasoning
you will have been seasoning
they will have been seasoning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been seasoning
you had been seasoning
he/she/it had been seasoning
we had been seasoning
you had been seasoning
they had been seasoning

Conditional
I would season
you would season
he/she/it would season
we would season
you would season
they would season

Past Conditional
I would have seasoned
you would have seasoned
he/she/it would have seasoned
we would have seasoned
you would have seasoned
they would have seasoned

season

To improve the flavor of something by adding salt, pepper, spices or herbs.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	season - a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"growing season - the season during which a crop grows bestseedtime - the time during which seeds should be plantedsheepshearing - the time or season when sheep are shearedholiday season - a time when many people take holidayshigh season, peak season - the season when travel is most active and rates are highest; "they traveled to Europe in high season"off-season - the season when travel is least active and rates are lowestpreseason - a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparationbaseball season - the season when baseball is playedbasketball season - the season when basketball is playedexhibition season - the time before the regular games begin when football or baseball teams play practice gamesfishing season - the season during which it is legal to catch fishfootball season - the season when football is playedhockey season - the season when hockey is playedhunting season - the season during which it is legal to kill a particular speciessocial season - the season for major social eventstheatrical season - the season when new plays are producedWhitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek - Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)
	2.	season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"time of yearharvest time, harvest - the season for gathering cropshaying time, haying - the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodderperiod, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"year - the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"autumn, fall - the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"spring, springtime - the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year"summer, summertime - the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"winter, wintertime - the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinoxrainy season - one of the two seasons in tropical climatesdry season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates
	3.	season - a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"Michaelmastide - the season of MichaelmasLammastide - the season of LammasEastertide - the Easter seasonTwelfthtide - the season of EpiphanyAllhallowtide - the season of All Saints' DayChristmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Noel, Yule, Yuletide - period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6Advent - the season including the four Sundays preceding ChristmasShrovetide - immediately preceding LentLent, Lententide - a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
Verb	1.	season - lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"flavor, flavourcookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"sauce - dress (food) with a relishcurry - season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cookingresinate - impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to; "Greek wines are often resinated"spice up, zest, spice - add herbs or spices tosavour, savor - give taste tosalt - add salt to
	2.	season - make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"hardentoughen - make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"
	3.	season - make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"mollify, temperweaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

season

noun1. period, time, term, spell, time of year birds arriving for the breeding seasonverb1. flavour, salt, spice, lace, salt and pepper, enliven, pep up, leaven Season the meat with salt and pepper.2. mature, age, condition, prime, prepare, temper, mellow, ripen, acclimatize Ensure that the new wood has been seasoned.3. make experienced, train, mature, prepare, discipline, harden, accustom, toughen, inure, habituate, acclimatize, anneal Both actors seem to have been seasoned by experience.in season available, on the market, obtainable, on offer, abundant, plentiful Fresh apricots are only available from fruiterers when in season.Quotations
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" Bible: Ecclesiastes
"summer afternoon - summer afternoon. the two most beautiful words in the English language" [Henry James]
"season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" [John Keats To Autumn]
"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" [Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode to the West Wind]
"in the bleak mid-winter" [Christina Rosetti Mid-Winter]
"In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" [Alfred, Lord Tennyson Locksley Hall]Proverbs
"One swallow does not make a summer"

Seasons

Season	Related adjective
spring	vernal
summer	aestival or estival
autumn	autumnal
winter	hibernal or hiemal

season

noun1. A specific length of time characterized by the occurrence of certain conditions or events:period, span, stretch, term.2. A regular period of sexual excitement in female mammals:estrus, heat, rut.3. A span designated for a given activity:period, time.verb1. To impart flavor to:flavor.2. To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure:acclimate, acclimatize, caseharden, harden, indurate, toughen.

Translations

季节旺季调味一年中开展某项活动的季节使变干燥

season

(ˈsiːzn) noun1. one of the main divisions of the year according to the regular variation of the weather, length of day etc. The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter; The monsoon brings the rainy season.季节2. the usual, proper or suitable time for something. the football season. （一年中开展某项活动的）季节，旺季 verb1. to add salt, pepper, mustard etc to. She seasoned the meat with plenty of pepper.调味2. to let (wood) be affected by rain, sun etc until it is ready for use. （使）变干燥 ˈseasonable adjective (negative unseasonable) (of weather) of the kind that is to be expected for a particular time of year. 合时宜的ˈseasonal adjective done at a particular season only. seasonal work as a waitress; seasonal sports.季节性的ˈseasoned adjective experienced. seasoned political campaigners. 有经验的，饱经风霜的 ˈseasoning noun something used to season food. Salt and pepper are used as seasonings.调味品season ticket a ticket (usually for travel) that can be used repeatedly during a certain period. a three-month season ticket. 定期票（一定期间内可不限定次数使用的票） in season (of food) available, ready for eating. That fruit is not in season just now. 当令的，应时的 out of season not in season. 不合时令的

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in good season

In a timely manner. You are all fine candidates for the position, and I will inform you of my decision in good season.See also: good, season

a man for all seasons

A man who is successful and talented in many areas. Harold is a talented writer, director, and actor. He's a man for all seasons.See also: all, man, season

a woman for all seasons

A woman who is successful and talented in many areas. Judy paints, does photography, and writes novels. She's a woman for all seasons.See also: all, season, woman

come into season

1. To be able to be hunted legally, as of a wild animal. We're going hunting this weekend, now that deer have come into season.2. To be in a state of sexual excitement and able to breed, as of a female animal. Do you hear the stray cat howling and screeching at night? She must have come into season.See also: come, season

silly season

A period during which news outlets cover frivolous or less serious news stories, typically during the summer when fewer topics are generated. Primarily heard in UK. I don't even buy the paper during the silly season because there's nothing worth reading about. You know it's the silly season when your assignment is to cover the circus.See also: season, silly

open season (on someone or something)

1. A period of unrestricted hunting on a particular type of animal. Because of the problems with overpopulation, the governor declared open season on deer across the entire state.2. By extension, a situation or period of time in which someone or something is open to constant, unyielding criticism, scorn, or mistreatment. It's going to be open season if news of this scandal reaches the public. The president seems to be declaring open season on all politicians who disagree with his policies.See also: open, season, someone

in season

1. At the point in the year when the item being discussed is being harvested and/or at its peak ripeness, most plentiful, etc. Tomatoes won't be in season until late summer.2. At the point in the year when it is legal to hunt or catch the animal being discussed. Make sure you know what's in season before you go out hunting—the regulations are very strict.3. Of an animal, in its breeding period; in heat. Be sure to steer clear of the bison when they're in season.See also: season

out of season

1. Not in the time of year in which something is grown, produced, or sold. The restaurant only uses local produce, so their menu changes if something is out of season.2. Not in the time of year in which something is legally permitted to be hunted, caught, or trapped. You'll get a hefty fine if you shoot a deer out of season.See also: of, out, season

season's greetings

A set phrase used to formally greet people during a holiday season, especially in Christmas cards. Season's greetings, from everyone here at Rex Motor Group Inc.See also: greeting

off season

1. noun A period of reduced or minimal business activity. The small beach town is very crowded in the summer, but it's almost completely deserted in the off season. I try to travel during the off season, because everything is so much cheaper then.2. adjective Of or relating to such a period of minimal business activity. Hyphenated when used before a noun. The off-season rates are less than half what they were charging during the peak season. It's off season now, so I doubt there will be too many shops open.3. adverb During such a period of minimal business activity. Hyphenated when used before a noun. My wife and I travel off season because it costs less and we don't like to be among big crowds of tourists.See also: off, season

season (something) with (something)

1. Literally, to improve or enhance the flavor of some food with salt, pepper, or another kind of seasoning or flavoring. A noun or pronoun can be used between "season" and "with." They season the meat with coarse sea salt, then grill it very quickly on either side. I like to season my sauces with paprika and a bit of cayenne.2. By extension, to make something more interesting, dynamic, or lively by the addition of something else. Why they felt the need to season the original story with all these huge CGI action scenes is beyond me. You've packed a lot of great information into your presentation, but try to season it with some humor or interesting anecdotes. It's just a bit dry as it is.See also: season

come in(to) heat

and come in(to) season[for a female animal] to enter into the breeding season. This animal will come into heat in the spring. When did your dog come in season?See also: come, heat

come into season

1. [for a game animal] to be subject to legal hunting. When do ducks come into season around here? Deer came into season just yesterday. 2. Go to come in(to) heat.See also: come, season

in season

1. [of a game animal] subject to legal hunting. You cannot shoot ducks. They are not in season. 2. [of a female animal] ready to breed; in estrus; in heat. The cat's in season again. 3. to be currently available for selling. (Some foods and other things are available only at certain seasons. *Typically: be ~; come [into] ~.) Oysters are available in season. Strawberries aren't in season in January.See also: season

off season

not in the busy time of the year. We don't have much to do off season. Things are very quiet around here off season.See also: off, season

open season

(on some creature) a time of unrestricted hunting of a particular game animal. It's always open season on rabbits around here.See also: open, season

open season (on someone)

Fig. a period of time when everyone is criticizing someone. (Based on open season (on some creature).) It seems as if it's always open season on politicians. At the news conference, it was open season on the mayor.See also: open, season

out of season

1. not now available for sale. Sorry, oysters are out of season. We don't have any. Watermelon is out of season in the winter. 2. Fig. not now legally able to be hunted or caught. Are salmon out of season? I caught a trout out of season and had to pay a fine.See also: of, out, season

season something with something

to make something more flavorful with specific spices and herbs. I always season my stews with lots of freshly ground black pepper. The chili was seasoned with cumin and allspice, among other things.See also: season

in season

1. At the right time, opportunely, as in "The two young men desired to get back again in good season" (Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844). 2. Available and ready for eating, or other use; also, legal for hunting or fishing. For example, Strawberries are now in season, or Let me know when trout are in season and I'll go fishing with you. Both usages date from the 1300s, as does the antonym out of season, used for "inopportunely," "unavailable," and also for "not in fashion." For example, Sorry, oysters are out of season this month, or This style used to be very popular, but it's been out of season for several years. See also: season

open season on

A period of unrestrained criticism or attack on something or someone, as in During an election year it's open season on all officeholders. This expression alludes to the period during which one may legally hunt or fish. [Colloquial; c. 1900] See also: on, open, season

out of season

see under in season. See also: of, out, season

open season

COMMON If you say that it is open season on someone or something, you mean that a lot of people are criticizing or attacking them. It's been open season on bankers since the recession started. The press has long declared open season on the royals. Note: In hunting, the open season is the period of the year when it is legal to hunt particular types of animals or birds. See also: open, season

a man for all seasons

a man who is ready to cope with any contingency and whose behaviour is always appropriate to every occasion. Robert Whittington applied this description to the English statesman and scholar Sir Thomas More ( 1478–1535 ), and it was used by Robert Bolt as the title of his 1960 play about More.See also: all, man, season

the silly season

the months of August and September regarded as the time when newspapers often publish trivia because of a lack of important news. chiefly British This concept and phrase date back to the mid 19th century. In high summer Victorian London was deserted by the wealthy and important during the period in which Parliament and the law courts were in recess.See also: season, silly

ˌin/ˌout of ˈseason

1 (of fruit, vegetables, fish, etc.) available/not available in shops/stores because it is the right/wrong time of year for them: Peaches are in season at the moment.
2 at the time of year when many/few people go on holiday/vacation: Hotels are much cheaper out of season.
3 during the time of year when you can/cannot hunt animals: You can’t shoot ducks out of season.See also: of, out, season

(the) season’s ˈgreetings

(written) used as a greeting at Christmas, especially on Christmas cardsSee also: greeting

the ˈsilly season

(British English) the time, usually in the summer, when newspapers are full of unimportant stories because there is little serious newsSee also: season, silly

in season

1. Available or ready for eating or other use.2. Legally permitted to be caught or hunted during a specified period.3. At the right moment; opportunely.4. In heat. Used of animals.See also: season

out of season

1. Not available, permitted, or ready to be eaten, caught, or hunted.2. Not at the right or proper moment; inopportunely.See also: of, out, season

place for everything (and everything in its place), a

An old maxim for neatness. The earliest citation for it is a naval novel of 1842, but it continues to be used, both in the sense of tidiness and by extension, appropriateness. The second, more figurative sense is meant in P. Dickinson’s Skin Deep (1968), “Do you run your whole life like that? . . . A place for everything and everything in its place, and all in easy reach.”See also: everything, place

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noun period

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verb flavour

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verb mature

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verb make experienced

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phrase in season

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noun a specific length of time characterized by the occurrence of certain conditions or events

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noun a regular period of sexual excitement in female mammals

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noun a span designated for a given activity

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verb to impart flavor to

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verb to make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure

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noun a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field

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noun one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions

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