summer

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noun

Summer is the warm season of the year.
An example of summer in the United States are the months of June, July and August.

verb

To summer is to spend your summer months (June-August) at a particular vacation destination.
An example of summer is when you spend each summer vacation in the Hamptons.

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summer

the warmest season of the year: in the North Temperate Zone, generally regarded as including the months of June, July, and August: in the astronomical year, that period between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox
a year as reckoned by this season: a youth of sixteen summers
any period of growth, development, fulfillment, perfection, etc.

Origin of summer

Middle English sumer from Old English sumor, akin to German sommer from Indo-European base an unverified form sem-, summertime from source Sanskrit sám?, half year, season

of or typical of summer
designed for or taking place during summer: summer activities

to pass the summer

to keep, feed, or maintain during the summer

a large, horizontal, supporting beam or girder
lintel
the capstone of a column supporting an arch or lintel

Origin of summer

Middle English from Old French somier, pack horse from Late Latin sagmarius, pack horse from sagma, pack saddle from Classical Greek from base of sattein, to stuff

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summer

noun

a. In the Northern Hemisphere, the usually warmest season of the year, occurring between spring and autumn and constituting June, July, and August. In the Southern Hemisphere, it constitutes December, January, and February.
b. The season extending from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox.
A period of fruition, fulfillment, happiness, or beauty.
A year: a girl of 13 summers.

verb

sum·mered, sum·mer·ing, sum·mers

verb

transitive

To lodge or keep during the summer: summered the herd in the south meadow.

verb

intransitive

To pass the summer: They summered at a beach resort.

adjective

Relating to or occurring in summer: summer heat; summer attire.
Grown during the season of summer: summer crops.

Origin of summer

Middle English sumer from Old English sumor ; see sem-² in Indo-European roots.

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sum′mer·ly
adverb
adjective

noun

A heavy horizontal timber that serves as a supporting beam, especially for the floor above.
A lintel.
A large, heavy stone usually set on the top of a column or pilaster to support an arch or lintel.

Origin of summer

Middle English beam, pack animal from Anglo-Norman sumer from Vulgar Latin saumārius from Late Latin sagmārius pertaining to a packsaddle, packhorse from sagma packsaddle ; see sumpter .

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Noun

(plural summers)

One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
the heat of summer

Usage notes

Note that season names are usually spelled in all lowercase letters in English. This is contrast to the days of the week and months of the year, which are always spelled with a capitalized first letter, for example Thursday or September.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present summers, present participle summering, simple past and past participle summered)

(intransitive) To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.
We like to summer in the Mediterranean.

Origin

From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor (“summer"), from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz (“summer"), from Proto-Indo-European *sam-, *sem-, *smÌ¥-hâ‚‚-Ã³- (“summer, year"). Cognate with Scots somer, sumer, simer (“summer"), West Frisian simmer (“summer"), Saterland Frisian Suumer (“summer"), Dutch zomer (“summer"), Low German Sommer (“summer"), German Sommer (“summer"), Swedish sommar (“summer"), Icelandic sumar (“summer"), Welsh haf (“summer"), Armenian Õ¡Õ´ (am, “year"), Õ¡Õ´Õ¡Õ¼ (amaá¹™, “summer"), Sanskrit [script?] (sÃ¡mÄ, “a half-year, season, weather, year").

Noun

(plural summers)

A horizontal beam supporting a building.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman somer, sumer, from Vulgar Latin saumÄrius, for Latin sagmÄrius, from sagma (“sum").

Noun

(plural summers)

A person who sums.

Origin

sum + -er

Proper noun

A female given name of modern usage, for a girl born in summer.

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