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summer

sum·mer

UK/ˈsʌmə/ US/ˈsʌmə/ common
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

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”
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verb

1.

spend the summer

  • “We summered in Kashmir”

Origin

From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor m, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar m, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz m, derived from Proto-Indo-European *semh₂- (“summer”).

Phrases

  • All-Hallown Summer terms derived from the noun summer
  • apple summer disease terms derived from the noun summer
  • boys of summer terms derived from the noun summer
  • dog days of summer terms derived from the noun summer
  • double summer time terms derived from the noun summer
  • Great Summer Army terms derived from the noun summer
  • have but a mile to midsummer terms derived from the noun summer
  • high summer terms derived from the noun summer
  • summer bar

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