season creepnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsiː.zən ˌkriːp/us/ˈsiː.zən ˌkriːp/the fact that in some countries seasons do not change as much or as regularly as they did in the past, thought to be caused by global warming (= the fact that the earth is becoming warmer)
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