I.
noun
1 of the year
ADJECTIVE
▪ dry , hurricane , monsoon , rainy , wet
▪
In this climate there are no real changes of temperature, just a wet and a dry ~.
▪ summer , winter , etc.
VERB + SEASON
▪ be in , come into ( esp. AmE )
▪
Melons are in ~ right now.
▪ be out of
▪
Lobster's out of ~ right now.
2 period when an activity takes place
ADJECTIVE
▪ holiday (= when people are on holiday/vacation) ( BrE ), tourist
▪ high ( esp. BrE ), peak
▪
The resort gets overcrowded in peak ~.
▪ low , off
▪
The hotel is almost empty in the off ~.
▪ coming , forthcoming ( BrE ), upcoming ( esp. AmE )
▪ breeding , mating , nesting
▪ growing , harvest , planting
▪ close ( BrE ), closed
▪
It is illegal to fish for salmon during the closed ~.
▪ open ( often figurative )
▪
The media have declared open ~ on the congressman and his private life.
▪ political ( esp. AmE )
▪ campaign , election , primary (all AmE )
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The Senator has led in the polls for most of the primary ~.
▪ conference ( BrE )
▪
The party conference ~ gets under way this week.
▪ silly ( BrE )
▪
Fleet Street's silly ~ is upon us.
▪ flu ( esp. AmE )
▪
This year's flu ~ has been relatively mild.
▪ movie , TV (both esp. AmE )
▪ Christmas , festive ( BrE ), holiday (= the time including Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year) ( AmE )
▪
Best wishes for the festive ~!
▪
I wished everyone a very happy holiday ~.
▪ panto ( informal ), pantomime (both BrE )
PHRASES
▪ the height of the ~
3 period when a sport is played
ADJECTIVE
▪ baseball , cricket , football , hunting , racing , etc.
▪ championship , league
▪
Decker played nine major league ~s. ( AmE )
▪ junior , senior , sophomore (all AmE )
▪ debut ( esp. BrE ), rookie ( AmE )
▪ inaugural
▪
The Denver Broncos' inaugural ~ was 1960.
▪ regular ( AmE )
▪
The Patriots won their last 12 games in the regular ~.
▪ full
▪
He played a full ~ for West Ham.
▪ difficult , hard , tough (all esp. BrE )
▪
It was the final race of a hard ~.
▪ outstanding , successful , undefeated ( esp. AmE ), winning ( esp. AmE )
▪ disappointing , disastrous , poor ( esp. BrE )
▪ coming , forthcoming ( BrE ), upcoming ( esp. AmE )
▪
He is busily preparing for the coming ~.
▪ close ( BrE ), off ( AmE )
▪
The team trained hard during the close/off ~.
▪ consecutive , successive
▪
Our team won the trophy for the second successive ~.
VERB + SEASON
▪ begin , open , start
▪
We opened the ~ with five straight losses.
▪ end , finish
▪ enter
▪
He entered the ~ with 173 wins.
SEASON + VERB
▪ begin , kick off ( esp. BrE ), start
▪
The new Premiership ~ kicks off on August 17.
▪ end
SEASON + NOUN
▪ ticket
▪
~ ticket holders
▪ opener ( AmE )
▪
They played against the Celtics in the ~ opener.
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NOTE: Seasons
▪ have …
▪
Perhaps we will have a good summer this year.
▪ spend …
▪
I spent the winter indoors.
▪ … approaches
▪
The days become longer and temperatures rise as spring approaches.
▪ … arrives , … begins , … comes
▪
Winter arrived early that year.
▪ winter sets in
▪
The aid must reach the refugees before winter sets in.
▪ … passes , … wears on (usually used of summer or winter)
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As the summer wore on, food became scarce.
▪ … comes to an end , … ends (usually used of summer or winter)
▪
Winter was coming to an end at last.
▪ … months , summer/winter period , spring/summer/winter time (usually springtime , etc.)
▪
The museum is open daily during the summer months.
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It was springtime and the slopes were ablaze with almond blossoms.
▪ … day , … morning , … night , etc.
▪
It's hard to sleep on hot summer nights.
▪ during (the) … , in (the) …
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The woods are carpeted with flowers in spring.
▪ over the summer/winter
▪
The repairs will be carried out over the summer.
▪ through (the) … , throughout (the) …
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The meat is salted so it keeps through the winter.
▪ for (the) …
▪
She's gone to Ireland for the summer.
▪ the … of 2008, etc.
▪
The winter of 2001 was especially cold.
▪ a summer's day , a summer's night , etc. , a winter's day , a winter's morning , etc.
▪
a lazy summer's day
▪ all summer long , all winter long
▪
It rained all summer long.
▪ the height of summer , the depths of winter
▪
He always wore a short-sleeved shirt, even in the depths of winter.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ lightly , well
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
Season the meat well with salt and pepper.
PHRASES
▪ highly ~ed
▪
highly ~ed food
Season is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ timber