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autumn

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5 meanings of autumn

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  1. 1
    seasonnouncountable or uncountable
    The third season of the year, when leaves fall and the days get cooler and shorter.

    The leaves turn red and gold every autumn.

    We planted bulbs in autumn so they would bloom in spring.

    UsageSay in autumn or in the autumn. Fall means the same.

    Similarfall

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  2. 2
    later yearsnounusually singular
    The later stage of life or activity, after the best or strongest time has passed.

    Like the late part of the day, when the sun is going down.

    In the autumn of his career, the old coach finally won a title.

    The empire had entered its autumn, slowly losing its power.

    UsageSay the autumn of your life.

    Similardecline

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  3. 3
    color typenouncountable
    In choosing clothes, a person with fairly dark hair and warm skin who looks best in certain colors.

    As an autumn, she looks wonderful in warm browns and deep gold.

    The stylist told him he was an autumn and picked earthy colors for him.

    UsageSay a person is an autumn.

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Less common meanings

  1. 4
    verbrare
    To go through the seasonal changes when leaves turn color and fall, or to cause a plant to do so.
    She turns off towards the river, where the lawns lie autumned on the banks between the frayed golden willow branches.
    2003, Antjie Krog, A Change of Tongue
  2. 5
    verbrare
    To spend the fall season living or staying in a particular place.
    I have summered and autumned (fallen?) on the North Fork for forty-two years.
    1980, Alistair Cooke, The Americans: Letters from America on Our Life and Times

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Origin

It came through Middle English and French from Latin autumnus.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 1 fact