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Summers

One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.

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noun
  1. 1

    One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.

    "the heat of summer"

  2. 2

    Year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.

    "He was barely eighteen summers old."

  3. 3

    Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.

noun
  1. 1

    A pack-horse.

  2. 2

    A horizontal beam supporting a building.

noun
  1. 1

    A person who sums.

  2. 2

    A machine or algorithm that sums.

adverb
  1. 1

    In the summer.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Summers"

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summertimenounThe period or season of summer.
summerynounMisspelling of summary. [An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.]
yearsnoun(colloquial, hyperbolic) A very long time.
beenverb(Southern US or African-American Vernacular) remote past form of be.
feldmannounA surname from German of German and Jewish origin.
festivalsa 1973 anthology of festival-related folklore from around the world that have been compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders.
midsummersnounThe period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
summertimesnounThe period or season of summer.
dog daysnounThe unpleasantly hot days of late summer.
growing seasonsthe part of a year when weather conditions and temperatures are favourable for the growth of plants and trees.
holiday seasons(US, Canada) The period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur, such as Halloween, American Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa
summerilyIn a manner reminiscent of summer.
coseasonallyDuring a season.
somedaysnoun(US) On certain days, or at certain times; sometimes.
seasonablyIn due season; at an opportune or fitting time.
seasonallyOccurring only in season.
adaysnoun(obsolete) Nowadays; in the present time period.
eveningsnoun(informal, somewhat dated) In the evening, during the evening.
weekdaysnounOn weekdays.
afterwhile(US, dialect) Afterwards.

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