summer
sum·mer 1
(sŭm′ər)n.
1.
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.
2. A period of fruition, fulfillment, happiness, or beauty.
3. A year: a girl of 13 summers.
v. sum·mered, sum·mer·ing, sum·mers
v.tr.
To lodge or keep during the summer: summered the herd in the south meadow.
v.intr.
To pass the summer: They summered at a beach resort.
adj.
1. Relating to or occurring in summer: summer heat; summer attire.
2. Grown during the season of summer: summer crops.
sum′mer·ly adv. & adj.
sum·mer 2
(sŭm′ər)n.
1. A heavy horizontal timber that serves as a supporting beam, especially for the floor above.
2. A lintel.
3. A large, heavy stone usually set on the top of a column or pilaster to support an arch or lintel.
[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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summer
(ˈsʌmə)n
1. (Physical Geography) (sometimes capital)
a. the warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn, astronomically from the June solstice to the September equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere
b. (as modifier): summer flowers; a summer dress. aestival
2. (Physical Geography) the period of hot weather associated with the summer
3. a time of blossoming, greatest happiness, etc
4. chiefly poetic a year represented by this season: a child of nine summers.
vb
5. (intr) to spend the summer (at a place)
6. (Agriculture) (tr) to keep or feed (farm animals) during the summer: they summered their cattle on the mountain slopes.
[Old English sumor; related to Old Frisian sumur, Old Norse sumar, Old High German sumar, Sanskrit samā season]
ˈsummerless adj
ˈsummer-ˌlike adj
ˈsummerly adj, adv
ˈsummery adj
ˈsummeriness n
summer
(ˈsʌmə)n
1. (Architecture) Also called: summer tree a large horizontal beam or girder, esp one that supports floor joists
2. (Architecture) another name for lintel
3. (Architecture) a stone on the top of a column, pier, or wall that supports an arch or lintel
[C14: from Anglo-Norman somer, from Old French somier beam, packhorse, from Late Latin sagmārius (equus) pack(horse), from sagma a packsaddle, from Greek]
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sum•mer1
(ˈsʌm ər)n.
1. the warm season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the June solstice to the September equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the December solstice to the March equinox.
2. hot, usu. sunny weather.
3. the hotter half of the year (opposed to winter).
4. the period of greatest development, perfection, beauty, etc.: the summer of life.
5. a year: a girl of fifteen summers.
adj.6. of or characteristic of summer.
7. suitable for or done during the summer: summer sports.
v.i.8. to spend or pass the summer.
v.t.9. to keep, feed, or manage during the summer: to summer sheep in high pastures.
[before 900; Middle English sumer, Old English sumor, c. Old Frisian sumur, Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse sumar; akin to Skt samā half-year, year, Old Irish sam-, Welsh haf summer]
sum′mer•less, adj.
sum′mer•like, sum′mer•ly, adj.
sum•mer2
(ˈsʌm ər)n.
1. a principal beam or girder, as one used to support joists.
2. a stone laid upon a pier, column, or wall, from which one or more arches spring.
3. a beam or lintel.
[1275–1325; Middle English somer < Anglo-French; Old French somier packhorse, beam]
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sum·mer
(sŭm′ər)The usually warmest season of the year, occurring between spring and autumn. In the Northern Hemisphere, it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox.
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summer
Summer is the season between spring and autumn.
If you want to say that something happens every year during this season, you say that it happens in summer or in the summer.
The room is stifling hot in summer and freezing in winter.
The town is full of tourists in the summer.
Be Careful!
Don't say that something happens 'in the summers' or 'in summers'.
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summer
Past participle: summered
Gerund: summering
| Imperative |
|---|
| summer |
| summer |
| Present |
|---|
| I summer |
| you summer |
| he/she/it summers |
| we summer |
| you summer |
| they summer |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I summered |
| you summered |
| he/she/it summered |
| we summered |
| you summered |
| they summered |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am summering |
| you are summering |
| he/she/it is summering |
| we are summering |
| you are summering |
| they are summering |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have summered |
| you have summered |
| he/she/it has summered |
| we have summered |
| you have summered |
| they have summered |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was summering |
| you were summering |
| he/she/it was summering |
| we were summering |
| you were summering |
| they were summering |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had summered |
| you had summered |
| he/she/it had summered |
| we had summered |
| you had summered |
| they had summered |
| Future |
|---|
| I will summer |
| you will summer |
| he/she/it will summer |
| we will summer |
| you will summer |
| they will summer |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have summered |
| you will have summered |
| he/she/it will have summered |
| we will have summered |
| you will have summered |
| they will have summered |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be summering |
| you will be summering |
| he/she/it will be summering |
| we will be summering |
| you will be summering |
| they will be summering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been summering |
| you have been summering |
| he/she/it has been summering |
| we have been summering |
| you have been summering |
| they have been summering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been summering |
| you will have been summering |
| he/she/it will have been summering |
| we will have been summering |
| you will have been summering |
| they will have been summering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been summering |
| you had been summering |
| he/she/it had been summering |
| we had been summering |
| you had been summering |
| they had been summering |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would summer |
| you would summer |
| he/she/it would summer |
| we would summer |
| you would summer |
| they would summer |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have summered |
| you would have summered |
| he/she/it would have summered |
| we would have summered |
| you would have summered |
| they would have summered |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Translations
лято
estiu
létoletní
sommer
somero
suvi
تابستان
kesäsuvi
ljetoljetovati
nyárnyári
musim panas
sumar
夏
여름
aestas
vasaravasariškasvasaros stovyklapavėsinė
vasara
vară
letnýlеtо
poletje
летољето
sommar
ฤดูร้อน
літо
mùa hèmùa hạ
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
summer
[ˈsʌmər]
modif [afternoon, evening, day, night, season, months] → d'été; [break, recess, vacation] → d'été; [breeze, sun, heat] → d'été; [clothing, collection, dress] → d'été; [exhibition, activities] → d'été; [flowers, fruit] → d'été; [weather] → estival(e)
summer clothes → des vêtements d'étésummer camp n (US) → colonie f de vacancessummer holidays npl → grandes vacances fplsummer house summerhouse [ˈsʌmərhaʊs] n
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
summer
n → Sommer m; in (the) summer → im Sommer; two summers ago → im Sommer vor zwei Jahren; a girl of seventeen summers (liter) → ein Mädchen von siebzehn Lenzen (liter); a summer’s day → ein Sommertag m
summer
:
summer fallow
n (Agr) → Sommerbrache f
summer
:
summer school
n → Sommerkurs m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
summer
[ˈsʌməʳ]
1. n → estate f
in (the) summer → d'estate
in the summer of 1995 → nell'estate del 1995
last/next summer → l'estate scorsa/prossima
2. adj (gen) → estivo/a, d'estate
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
summer
(ˈsamə) nounthe warmest season of the year. I went to Italy last summer; (also adjective) summer holidays.
ˈsummery adjectivelike, or appropriate for, summer. summery weather; summery clothes.
ˈsummer camp nouna place where children go during the summer vacation to take part in activities such as camping and sport.
ˈsummerhouse nouna small building for sitting in, in a garden.
ˈsummertime nounthe season of summer.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
summer
→ الصَّيْف léto sommer Sommer καλοκαίρι verano kesä été ljeto estate 夏 여름 zomer sommer lato verão лето sommar ฤดูร้อน yaz mùa hè 夏天Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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