summernoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈsʌm.ər/us/ˈsʌm.ɚ/A1 the season of the year between spring and autumn when the weather is warmest, lasting from June to September north of the equator and from December to March south of the equator:
We have breakfast on the balcony in (the) summer.
Last summer they went to Australia, and two summers ago they went to Brazil.
That year it was a hot, dry summer.
summer weather/sun
a summer/summer's day
See also
Indian summer
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- Shops are currently holding sales to clear their summer stock .
- Every summer thousands of people flock to the countryside.
- What time does it get dark in the summer?
- He managed to eke out a living one summer by selling drinks on a beach.
- At the end of a hot summer, violence erupted in the inner cities.
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Names of months
- autumn
- autumnal
- dead
- depth
- estival
- in the dead of night/winter idiom
- in the depth(s) of winter idiom
- midsummer
- monsoon
- rain
- season
- seasonal
- seasonality
- seasonally
- spring
- spring fever
- summertime
- vernal
- winter
- wintertime
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summerverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈsʌm.ər/us/ˈsʌm.ɚ/to spend the summer in a particular place:
If your cactus has summered outdoors, move it into the garage or house when overnight temperatures drop below 65°F.
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Tourism & holidays
- ABTA
- agritourism
- awayday
- break
- camping ground
- caravan park
- caravan site
- Cinco de Mayo
- courier
- docent
- holiday
- holiday package
- holidaymaker
- low season
- resort
- season
- self-catering
- staging post
- vacationer
- weekend
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