Meaning and Origin
What does the name Season mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Season
User Submitted Origins
English
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Thai
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User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Texas, U.S. says the name Season is of English origin and means "Winter, Summer".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Sea"son
Senses
- One of the divisions of the year, marked by alterations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy."The several seasons of the year in their beauty." [Addison.]
- Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest."The season, prime for sweetest scents and airs." [Milton.]
- A period of time not very long; a while; a time."Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season." [Acts xiii. 11.]
- That which gives relish; seasoning.(Obs)"You lack the season of all natures, sleep." [Shak.]
Etymology: OE. sesoun, F. saison, properly, the sowing time, fr. L. satio a sowing, a planting, fr. serere satum, to sow, plant; akin to E. sow, v., to scatter, as seed
verb Sea"son
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- To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit."He is fit and seasoned for his passage." [Shak.]
- To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.
- Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
- To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
- Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable."You season still with sports your serious hours." [Dryden.]"The proper use of wit is to season conversation." [Tillotson.]
- To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper."When mercy seasonsjustice." [Shak.]
- To imbue; to tinge or taint."Who by his tutor being seasonedwith the love of the truth." [Fuller.]" Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles." [Jer. Taylor.]
- To copulate with; to impregnate.(R)
verb Sea"son
Senses
- To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
- To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun.
- To give token; to savor.(Obs)
Other Dictionary Sources
- 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")
- A recurrent time marked by major holidays ("it was the Christmas season")
- A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field ("he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company" and "she always looked forward to the avocado season")
- Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- Make fit ("This trip will season even the hardiest traveller")
- Lend flavor to ("Season the chicken breast after roasting it")
Wiktionary
From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English sāwan (“to sow”), sǣd (“seed”). Displaced native Middle English sele (“season”) (from Old English sǣl (“season, time, occasion”)), Middle English tide (“season, time of year”) (from Old English tīd (“time, period, yeartide, season”)).
- Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
- Synonyms: yeartide, yeartime
- A part of a year when something particular happens
- mating
- the rainy
- the football
- (obsolete) That which gives relish; seasoning.
- (cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
- (Canada, US, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
- Synonym: series (British English)
- The third of “Friends” aired from 1996 to 1997.
- (archaic) An extended, undefined period of time.
- (video games) The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
- (video games) A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.
From French assaisonner.