Definition of "season" in Anglais

noun

1. Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter

2. A period of the year when something particular happens.

   • mating season
   • the rainy season
   • the football season

3. A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.

4. (cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.

5. (obsolete) That which gives relish; seasoning.

6. (Canada, US, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

   • The third season of Robot Chicken aired from 2007 to 2008.

7. (archaic) An extended, undefined period of time.

8. (Evangelical Christianity) A period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular emotion of situation.

   • a season of faithlessness

9. (video games) The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.

10. (video games) A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.

verb

1. (transitive) To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.

   • to season oneself to a climate

2. (transitive, by extension) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.

   • The timber needs to be seasoned.

3. (intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.

4. (intransitive) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.

   • The wood has seasoned in the sun.

5. (transitive) To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.

6. (obsolete) To impregnate (literally or figuratively).

verb

1. (transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.