summer

1. The warmest season of the year;
   In the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox (synset 115262047)
   "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
   is a type of: season, time of year - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
   has:

   • june 21, midsummer, summer solstice - June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
   • canicular days, canicule, dog days - the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity
   same as: summertime
2. The period of finest development, happiness, or beauty (synset 115169972)
   "the golden summer of his life"
   domain usage: figure, figure of speech, image, trope - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
   is a type of: time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state

1. Spend the summer (synset 202715648)
   "We summered in Kashmir"
   is a type of: pass, spend - use up a period of time in a specific way

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