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summer

/ˈsʌmɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Summer means: the warmest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox.

Synonyms for summer5

noun, as in the warmest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

summertime

also used for summer

summerbeam, summertree, totaller, summertide

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What does summer mean?3

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”

2

the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty“the golden summer of his life”

verb

1

spend the summer“We summered in Kashmir”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with summer?5

two syllables

three syllables

midsummer
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Summer in a sentence

  • As the summer has come, so it will go.slyfin
  • In summer, meat goes bad easily; you must keep it in the refrigerator.Luornu
  • Some people like summer, and others like winter.CK
  • In summer, we used to go swimming in the river.ToxicFriu
  • In summer, they used to play on the beach all day long.sundown
  • In the summer, people go to the seaside.CK
  • Which do you like better, summer or winter?CK
  • When summer is over, the days grow shorter and shorter.CM

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Forms of summer

as a noun

plural
summers

as a verb

past tense
summered
present participle
summering
third-person singular
summers
past participle
summered