Autumn
11autumn — /aw teuhm/, n. 1. the season between summer and winter; fall. In the Northern Hemisphere it is from the September equinox to the December solstice; in the Southern Hemisphere it is from the March equinox to the June solstice. 2. a time of full… …
12autumn — (esp. BrE) noun ⇨ See also ↑fall ADJECTIVE ▪ last, this past (esp. AmE) ▪ the following, next, this, this coming ▪ early …
13autumn */*/*/ — UK [ˈɔːtəm] / US [ˈɔtəm] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms autumn : singular autumn plural autumns the season of the year that comes between summer and winter. The usual American word is fall We haven t heard from him since last autumn.… …
14autumn — [14] English acquired autumn from Latin autumnus, partly via Old French autompne. Where Latin got the word from is a mystery; it may have been a borrowing from Etruscan, a long extinct pre Roman language of the Italian peninsula. In Old English,… …
15autumn — [14] English acquired autumn from Latin autumnus, partly via Old French autompne. Where Latin got the word from is a mystery; it may have been a borrowing from Etruscan, a long extinct pre Roman language of the Italian peninsula. In Old English,… …
16autumn*/*/*/ — [ˈɔːtəm] noun [C/U] the season of the year that comes between summer and winter We haven t heard from him since last autumn.[/ex] They were married in the autumn of 1953.[/ex] a cold autumn afternoon[/ex] autumnal [ɔːˈtʌmn(ə)l] adj …
17autumn — 1. noun /ˈɔː.təm,ˈɑ.təm/ Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 21 to December 20 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May …
18autumn — n. (esp. BE) in (the) autumn * * * [ ɔːtəm] (esp. BE) in (the) autumn …
19autumn — au|tumn [ ɔtəm ] noun count or uncount MAINLY BRITISH FORMAL * the season of the year that comes between summer and winter. American usually fall: a cold autumn afternoon We haven t heard from him since last autumn …
20autumn — [[t]ɔ͟ːtəm[/t]] ♦♦♦ autumns N VAR Autumn is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler and the leaves fall off the trees. [BRIT] We are always plagued by wasps in autumn. (in AM, usually use fall) …
