Autumn

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  • noun. The season of the year between summer and winter, during which the weather becomes cooler and many plants become dormant, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice and popularly considered to include the months of September, October, and November; fall. In the Southern Hemisphere autumn includes March, April, and May.
  • noun. A period of maturity verging on decline.
  • adjective. Relating to or occurring in autumn.
  • adjective. Grown during the season of autumn.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter: often called fall, as being the time of the falling of the leaves.
  • noun. Figuratively
  • noun. A period of maturity, or of incipient decay, abatement, or decline: as, the autumn of life.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called “the fall.” Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.
  • noun. The harvest or fruits of autumn.
  • noun. The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • adjective. Of or relating to autumn.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the season when the leaves fall from the trees
    • Word Usage
    "This last view of baseball in autumn is nothing new."
    cross-reference
    Indian summer  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    season  time of year  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    afternoon  autumnal  chill  crimson  damp  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aestival  arctic  autumnal  boreal  brumal  
    variant
    fall  
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