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summer

  • noun
  • sum·mer
  • /ˈsʌmə/

Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime.

Other meanings

  1. Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.

  2. A horizontal beam supporting a building.

Example sentences

  • “Wildfires spread quickly in summer.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "sumor".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “summer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.