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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sea•son /ˈsizən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Astronomyone of the four main periods of the year.
- a period of the year having particular weather conditions:the short rainy season in March.
- a period of the year when something is available:the oyster season.
- a period of the year in which certain conditions, activities, etc., take place:the baseball season.
- Sporta period of the year when an athletic team plays all of its games:a winning season last year.
v. [~ + object] - to give flavor to (food) by adding salt, pepper, etc.:Season the food lightly.
- to enhance:The conversation was seasoned with her wit.
- to make prepared, esp. by having had experience:His years in Moscow seasoned him to bureaucracies.
- Buildingto prepare for use, as by drying:to season timber.
Idioms- Idioms in good season, in enough time;
early. - Idioms in season:
- in the proper time or state for use:Asparagus is now in season.
- in the period regulated by law, as for hunting.
- Animal Behavior(of an animal, esp. female) in heat.
- Idioms out of season, not in season.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sea•son (sē′zən),USA pronunciation n. - Astronomyone 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.
- a period of the year characterized by particular conditions of weather, temperature, etc.:the rainy season.
- a period of the year when something is best or available:the oyster season.
- a period of the year marked by certain conditions, activities, etc.:baseball season.
- a period of the year immediately before and after a special holiday or occasion:the Christmas season.
- Sport
- a period with reference to the total number of games to be played by a team:a 162-game season.
- a period with reference to the won-lost record of a team after it has completed its schedule:a.700 season.
- any period or time:in the season of my youth.
- a suitable, proper, fitting, or right time:This is not the season for frivolity.
- for a season, for a time, esp. a short time:He lived in Paris for a season.
- in good season, in enough time;
sufficiently early:Applicants will be notified of our decision in good season. - in season:
- in the time or state for use, eating, etc.:Asparagus is now in season.
- in the period regulated by law, as for hunting and fishing.
- at the right time;
opportunely. - Animal Behavior(of an animal, esp. female) in a state of readiness for mating;
in heat. - in good season.
- in season and out of season, regardless of time or season;
at all times:Misfortunes plague this family in season and out of season. - out of season, not in season:The price is so high because lilacs are out of season now.
v.t. - to heighten or improve the flavor of (food) by adding condiments, spices, herbs, or the like.
- to give relish or a certain character to:conversation seasoned with wit.
- to mature, ripen, or condition by exposure to suitable conditions or treatment:a writer seasoned by experience.
- Buildingto dry or otherwise treat (lumber) so as to harden and render immune to shrinkage, warpage, etc.
- to accustom or harden:troops seasoned by battle.
v.i. - to become seasoned, matured, hardened, or the like.
- Old French saisonner to ripen, make palatable by aging, derivative of seison
- Latin satiōn- (stem of satiō) a sowing (Vulgar Latin: sowing time), equivalent. to sa- (variant stem of serere to sow) + -tiōn- -tion; (verb, verbal) Middle English seso(u)nen
- Old French se(i)son
- (noun, nominal) Middle English sesoun, seson 1250–1300
- 19.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mature, harden, toughen.
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