summer
[noun]
Synonyms: summertide, summertime

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Related Words: midsummer

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Summer, Don‧na /ˈdɒnə $ ˈdɑː-/
(1948–) a US singer of disco music, popular especially in the 1970s. Her songs include Love to Love You Baby (1976) and I Feel Love (1977).

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I. sum‧mer¹ S1 W1 /ˈsʌmə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Word Family: noun: summer, midsummer; verb: summer; adjective: summery]
[Language: Old English; Origin: sumor]

1. the time of the year when the sun is hottest and the days are longest, between spring and autumn ⇒ summery:
the long hot summer of 1976
The children play on the beach during the summer.
in (the) summer
Miriam likes to relax in her garden in summer.
this/next/last summer
We’re going to Italy next summer.
a hot summer’s day
a sunny summer afternoon
a three-week summer vacation
early/late summer
The tourist season lasts through late summer.
Parts of Spain are extremely hot in high summer (=the hottest part of summer).

2. 20/50 etc summers literary 20, 50 etc years of age:
a child of 11 summers
⇒ Indian summer

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II. summer² verb [intransitive]
[Word Family: noun: summer, midsummer; verb: summer; adjective: summery]
to spend the summer in a particular place ⇒ winter

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summer
noun
ADJ. last, next, this (coming) | early, late, mid-(also midsummer) | high Seville is scorching in high summer.
good, hot, scorching | dry, wet | Indian We had an Indian summer that year, very warm until October. (figurative) She seems to be enjoying an Indian summer of popularity.
SUMMER + NOUN temperature, weather | sun, sunlight, sunshine | rain/rains | breeze, gale, wind | sky | solstice | course, school | term There are two new courses being run in the summer term.
break, holiday, recess, vacation I went home for the summer holidays.
garden | flower | clothes, clothing, dress | collection, exhibition | Olympics, sports
 ⇒ Note at SEASON (for more collocates)

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

summer

hot
It had been a long hot summer.
dry/wet
We've had a very dry summer.
high summer (=the middle of summer)
In high summer, food was plentiful.
early/late summer
In the late summer of 1931, Joe returned to Oxford.
last/next summer
He visited Brittany last summer.
a summer holiday British English, a summer vacation American English
Where are you going for your summer holiday?
a summer's day/evening (also a summer day/evening)
It was a beautiful summer's day.
the summer months
The garden is open daily in the summer months.
the summer season
The resort was crammed with holidaymakers for the whole of the summer season.
the summer heat
Crowds of shoppers are sweltering in the summer heat.
the summer sun
They lay on the beach, soaking up the summer sun.
in/at the height of summer (=in the middle of summer)
Even in the height of summer, it's cool in here.

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