season
Pluralseasons
Verbseasons, seasoning, seasoned
Pluralseasons
Formsseasons, seasoning, seasoned
- 1A time of year when something usually happens or a place is busiest, like the football season or the tourist season.
Like a special time on the calendar when the same thing comes back each year.
The rainy season starts in June here.
Farmers are busy during the planting season.
UsageOften the holiday season or the rainy season.
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- 2One of the four parts of the year, such as spring or winter.
Like four chapters the year passes through, one after another.
Winter is my favorite season because of the snow.
The seasons change as the year goes on.
UsageSay in winter or in the winter.
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- 3A set of TV or radio shows that come out over one part of the year.
Like one full book in a series that continues each year.
The new season of the show starts next week.
I watched the whole season in one weekend.
UsageOften numbered: season 2.
Similarseries
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- 5To make someone used to something through experience, or to become experienced or used to something over time.
Like wearing in new shoes until they feel comfortable.
Years of hard work season a young soldier into a veteran.
The long voyages seasoned the new sailors quickly.
UsageOften seasoned: a seasoned traveler.
- 6A period of time, especially a part of someone's life with a particular feeling or situation.
Like a chapter in a book, with its own mood.
She is going through a hard season after losing her job.
This is a season of waiting and quiet hope for our family.
UsageOften a season of something, like a season of grief.
Similarperiod, time, phase, spell, stretch
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Less common meanings
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- 8A set time in an online game when new content and rules become active.
Like a new chapter in a game that changes the rules for a while.
The new season adds a fresh map and new weapons.
Players grind for rewards before the season ends.
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- 9To soften or change something by mixing in a little of another thing.
Like adding a little water to make a strong drink milder.
She seasoned her criticism with a few words of praise.
Try to season your firm rules with a little kindness.
UsageOften season something with something else.
- 10Something added to food to give it flavor.
You lack the season of all natures, sleep.
c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”Here, season means something that adds flavor.O! she is fallen Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea Hath drops too few to wash her clean again, And salt too little which may season give To her foul-tainted flesh.
1598, William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”Note
- 11To fill or soak something all the way through with another thing.
When the male hath once ſeaſoned the female, he neuer after toucheth her.
1589, Richard Hakluyt, The principall navigationsHere, seasoned means made the female pregnant.Note
- 12All the extra game content you can buy together with a season pass.
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Origins
It comes from Old French, from a Latin word meaning the act of sowing or planting.
Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 2 facts
- The noun season comes from Old French. en.wiktionary.org
- Its Old French source derives from a Latin word meaning the act of sowing or planting. en.wiktionary.org
It comes from the French word assaisonner.
Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- The verb season comes from French assaisonner. en.wiktionary.org