SUMMER

Summer

Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, falling between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, tradition and culture, but when it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa.

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summer

Noun

  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.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A pack-horse.
  2. A horizontal beam supporting a building.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A person who sums.

Verb

  1. To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.
    We like to summer in the Mediterranean.


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