time of year

Noun
  1. One of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions (synset 115261272)
    "the regular sequence of the seasons"
    is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time
    subtypes:
    • harvest, harvest time - the season for gathering crops
    • haying, haying time - the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder
    • autumn, fall - the season when the leaves fall from the trees
    • spring, springtime - the season of growth
    • summer, summertime - the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
    • winter, wintertime - the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
    • rainy season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates
    • dry season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates
    is a part of: year - the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
    same as: season

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