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- US Pronunciation
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- [suhm-er]
- /ˈsʌm ər/
- /ˈsʌmə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suhm-er]
- /ˈsʌm ər/
Definitions of summer word
- noun summer a principal beam or girder, as one running between girts to support joists. 1
- noun summer a stone laid upon a pier, column, or wall, from which one or more arches spring: usually molded or otherwise treated like the arch or arches springing from it. 1
- noun summer a beam or lintel. 1
- adjective summer of, relating to, or characteristic of summer: Iced tea is a summer drink. 1
- adjective summer appropriate for or done during the summer: summer clothes; summer sports. 1
- adjective summer having the weather or warmth of summer: summer days in late October. 1
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Origin of summer
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English sumer, Old English sumor; cognate with Dutch zomer, German Sommer, Old Norse sumar summer; akin to Sanskrit samā half-year, year, Old Irish sam-, Welsh haf summer
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Parts of speech for Summer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
summer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
summer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for summer
noun summer
- byproduct — A byproduct is something that is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
- dog days — hot summer period
- fruitage — the bearing of fruit: soil additives to hasten the fruitage.
- harvesttime — the time of year when a crop or crops are harvested, especially autumn.
- in-take — the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
verb summer
- kill time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- estivate — (of an animal, particularly an insect, fish, or amphibian) spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor or dormancy.
Antonyms for summer
noun summer
- winter — the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
Top questions with summer
- i know what you did last summer?
- when does summer starts?
- i know what you did last summer lyrics?
- when does summer start?
- when is the first day of summer?
- when does summer end?
- when i met you in the summer?
- when is the last day of summer?
- when is steam summer sale?
- when is summer?
- i still know what you did last summer?
- when does the steam summer sale start?
- when is the summer solstice?
- when is summer over?
- i know what you did last summer song?
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Matching words
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