summertime


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sum·mer·time

 (sŭm′ər-tīm′)
n.
The summer season.
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summertime

(ˈsʌməˌtaɪm)
n
(Physical Geography) the period or season of summer
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sum•mer•time

(ˈsʌm ərˌtaɪm)

n.
the summer season.
[1350–1400]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.summertime - the warmest season of the yearsummertime - the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
June 21, midsummer, summer solstice - June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
time of year, season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
canicular days, canicule, dog days - the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity
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summertime

noun
The season occurring between spring and autumn:
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Translations
فَصْلُ الصَّيْفموسِم الصَّيْف
léto
sommertidsommer
kesä
ljetno doba
nyáridő
sumar
夏季
여름철
sommartid
เวลาในฤดูร้อน
yaz mevsimiyaz sezonu
mùa hè

summertime

[ˈsʌmətaɪm] N (= season) → verano m
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summertime

[ˈsʌməˌtaɪm] n (season) → stagione f estiva, estate f
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summer

(ˈsamə) noun
the warmest season of the year. I went to Italy last summer; (also adjective) summer holidays.
ˈsummery adjective
like, or appropriate for, summer. summery weather; summery clothes.
ˈsummer camp noun
a place where children go during the summer vacation to take part in activities such as camping and sport.
ˈsummerhouse noun
a small building for sitting in, in a garden.
ˈsummertime noun
the season of summer.
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summertime

فَصْلُ الصَّيْف léto sommertid Sommerzeit καλοκαίρι estío kesä été ljetno doba estate 夏季 여름철 zomerseizoen sommertid lato verão летняя пора sommartid เวลาในฤดูร้อน yaz sezonu mùa hè 夏季
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References in classic literature ?
And without linking up the events of the day or drawing a conclusion from them, Pierre closed his eyes, seeing a vision of the country in summertime mingled with memories of bathing and of the liquid, vibrating globe, and he sank into water so that it closed over his head.
Through all the spring and summertime, garlands of fresh flowers, wreathed by infant hands, rested on the stone; and, when the children came to change them lest they should wither and be pleasant to him no longer, their eyes filled with tears, and they spoke low and softly of their poor dead cousin.
It is an American tune this time, one which they have picked up on the streets; all seem to know the words of it--or, at any rate, the first line of it, which they hum to themselves, over and over again without rest: "In the good old summertime--in the good old summertime! In the good old summertime--in the good old summertime!" There seems to be something hypnotic about this, with its endlessly recurring dominant.
That it would always be summer and autumn, and you always courting me, and always thinking as much of me as you have done through the past summertime!"
The hand-organs still played "In the Good Old Summertime," with their December vivacity and expression.
It's better than twelve miles from Snowfield, so we set out early in the morning, for it was summertime; and I had a wonderful sense of the Divine love as we walked over the hills, where there's no trees, you know, sir, as there is here, to make the sky look smaller, but you see the heavens stretched out like a tent, and you feel the everlasting arms around you.
I was told that this road is in summertime excellent, but that it had not yet been put in order after the winter snows.
THE STOUT YEOMEN of Sherwood Forest were ever early risers of a morn, more especially when the summertime had come, for then in the freshness of the dawn the dew was always the brightest, and the song of the small birds the sweetest.
You may have noticed, sir, that young ladies is often took by Tennyson, hespecially in the summertime. Mr Barstowe was reading Tennyson to Miss Elsa in the 'all when I passed through just now.
In the summertime, on pleasant days, they move Mattie into the parlour, or out in the door-yard, and that makes it easier...
Lana Del Rey's Summertime Sadness has re-entered the US iTunes chart seven years after being released in a move that's evoking concern; as questioned by a Twitter user recently, "Is everyone okay?"
Overwhelmingly hot weather and FOMO can all make dealing with summertime sadness even tougher.