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  • 31season — See: HIGH SEASON, IN SEASON, LOW SEASON, OUT OF SEASON …

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  • 32season — See: HIGH SEASON, IN SEASON, LOW SEASON, OUT OF SEASON …

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  • 33season — See: high season, in season, low season, out of season …

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  • 34season — noun 1》 each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours.     ↘the time of year when a particular fruit, vegetable, etc., is plentiful and in good condition. 2》 a …

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  • 35season — 1. noun the rainy season Syn: period, time, time of year, spell, term 2. verb 1) season the casserole to taste Syn: flavor, add flavoring to, add salt (and pepper) to, spice 2) his answers were seasoned with wit …

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  • 36season —    a portion of a year. The word season, derived from a Latin word meaning the time for sowing, originally meant one of the periods of the agricultural year. It has come to be used informally to mean the period of time characterized by any… …

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  • 37season — A division of the year, as spring, summer, fall, or winter, recognized because of distinctive condition of the weather, the number of hours of daylight, the growth, and maturity of plants. The business year in theatrical, recreational, or… …

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  • 38season — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. period, time, spell, interval. v. t. harden, acclimate, habituate, inure, accustom; prepare, age, cure, ripen, dry out; imbue; spice, flavor. See habit, pungency, chronometry. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …

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  • 39Season — Sea|son [si:zn̩] die; , s <aus engl. season, dies aus altfr. season, vgl. ↑Saison> engl. Bez. für Saison …

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  • 40season — [13] A season is etymologically a time of ‘sowing seeds’. The word comes via Old French seson from Latin satiō ‘act of sowing’, a derivative of satus, the past participle of serere ‘sow, plant’ (which went back to the same Indo European base that …

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