{ "term": "season", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "any of the four main periods of the year: spring, summer, autumn and winter", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "the changing seasons" }, { "text": "Autumn is my favourite season." } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["dry", "hurricane", "monsoon"], "verb + season": ["be in", "come into", "be out of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a period of the year in tropical countries when it is either very dry or it rains a lot", "sensetop": "the dry/rainy/wet season", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "In this climate there are no real changes of temperature, just a wet and a dry season." }, { "text": "Next month is **the start of the** rainy **season**." } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["dry", "hurricane", "monsoon"], "verb + season": ["be in", "come into", "be out of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a period of time during a year when a particular activity happens or is done", "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)(North American English)(British English)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "the cricket/football/hunting/shooting season" }, { "text": "He scored his first goal of the season on Saturday." }, { "text": "They achieved their first win of the season." }, { "text": "He will not be offered a new contract at **the end of the season**." }, { "text": "The team have had a dream **start to the season**." }, { "text": "The female changes colour during the **breeding season**." }, { "text": "The **growing season** for these trees varies depending on species." }, { "text": "We're in the middle of the roughest **hurricane season** we've seen in quite some time." }, { "text": "The hotels are always full during the **peak season** *(= when most people are on holiday)*." }, { "text": "the **holiday season**" }, { "text": "the **tourist season**" }, { "text": "the **holiday season** *(= the time of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year)*" }, { "text": "the **festive season** *(= Christmas and New Year)*" }, { "text": "the summer blockbuster season" }, { "text": "She scored her first goal of the season on Saturday." }, { "text": "We opened the season with five straight losses." }, { "text": "This year's flu season has been relatively mild." }, { "text": "They played against the Celtics in the season opener." }, { "text": "The resort gets overcrowded in peak season." }, { "text": "The party conference season gets under way this week." }, { "text": "The Senator has led in the polls for most of the primary season." }, { "text": "The Patriots won their last 12 games in the regular season." }, { "text": "The Denver Broncos' inaugural season was 1960." }, { "text": "Our team won the trophy for the second successive season." }, { "text": "It was the final race of a hard season." }, { "text": "I wished everyone a very happy holiday season." }, { "text": "He played a full season for West Ham." }, { "text": "He is busily preparing for the coming season." }, { "text": "He entered the season with 173 wins." }, { "text": "Decker played nine major league seasons." }, { "text": "He hurt his knee, so he was out the rest of the season." }, { "text": "They finished the season unbeaten." } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["baseball", "cricket", "football"], "verb + season": ["begin", "open", "start"], "season + verb": ["begin", "kick off", "start"], "season + noun": ["ticket", "opener"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a period of time in which a play is shown in one place; a series of plays, films or television programmes", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "The play opens for a second season in London next week." }, { "text": "a season of films by Alfred Hitchcock" } ], "topics": ["Film and theatre"] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a period of time during one year when a particular style of clothes, hair, etc. is popular and fashionable", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "This season's look is soft and romantic." }, { "text": "The fashion magazines are full of the new look for the spring season." } ], "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a set of television or radio programmes that have the same characters or deal with the same subject", "labels": "(especially North American English)", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "The show begins its second season next week." }, { "text": "I binge-watched an entire season of ‘Succession’ *(= watched all of the episodes on one occasion)* on Sunday." }, { "text": "I can't wait to see the **season finale** *(= last episode in the season)*." }, { "text": "the **season opener** *(= the first episode in the season)*" } ], "synonyms": "series (1)", "topics": ["TV, radio and news"] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "be/become easily available and ready to eat because it is the right time of year for them", "examples": [ { "text": "Strawberries are now in season." }, { "text": "Melons are just coming into season." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "be/become ready to have sex and produce young", "examples": [], "synonyms": "on heat" }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "not easily available because it is not the right time of year for them", "examples": [ { "text": "Lobster's out of season right now." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "at the times of year when few people go on holiday", "examples": [ { "text": "Hotels are cheaper out of season." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used during the Christmas period to wish somebody a pleasant holiday", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈsiːzn/", "audio": "se/season/season__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈsiːzn/", "audio": "se/season/season__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French seson, from Latin satio(n-) ‘sowing’, later ‘time of sowing’, from the root of serere ‘to sow’." }