in season
1. If fruit and vegetables are in season, they are being produced in the area and are available and ready to eat:
Fruit is cheaper when it's in season.

2. at the time of year when many people want to travel or have a holiday:
Hotel rooms are more expensive in season.

3. A female animal that is in season is ready to have sex and able to become pregnant.

4. An animal that is in season can be hunted legally during a particular period of time.

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in season
1.
available fresh locally.
Strawberries are in season here in May and June.

Usage notes: usually said about food
2.
at the time of year when hunting or fishing is legal.
Trout are now in season, which means the rivers are full of people fishing.

3.
at the time of year when something is popular.
In season, the rooms with an ocean view are more than $300 a night.

Opposite of: out of season

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in season
currently available for sale, legally able to be caught/hunted
The cherries are in season now and they are very delicious.

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in season
adv. or adj. phr.
1. literary At the proper or best time.
Fred's father told him that he was not old enough yet but that he would learn to drive in season.
2a. At the right or lawful time for hunting or catching.
Deer will be in season next week.
In spring we'll go fishing when trout are in season.
2b. At the right time or condition for using, eating, or marketing; in a ripe or eatable condition.
Christmas trees will be sold at the store in season.
Native tomatoes will be in season soon.
Oysters are in season during the "R" months.
Compare: IN GOOD TIME.
Antonym: OUT OF SEASON.

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