/ ˈsʌmə(r); NAmE / noun
[ U , C ] the warmest season of the year, coming between spring and autumn / fall :
We're going away in the summer .
It's very hot here in summer .
in the summer of 2005
late / early summer
this / next / last summer
a cool / hot / wet summer
It is now high summer (= the hottest part of summer) .
a summer's day
a summer dress
the summer holidays / vacation
two summers ago
—see also Indian summer
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IDIOMS
see swallow noun
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English sumor , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zomer , German Sommer , also to Sanskrit samā year.