How do you use the word "season" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "season": Winter is my favorite season. The dry season there will set in soon.

Season Meaning

[ˈsiː.zn̩]

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

nounEach of the divisions of a year based on the prevailing weather: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; or the rainy (monsoon) and dry season, depending on the climate.

Sentence Examples

Winter is my favorite season.

The dry season there will set in soon.

She has played with great consistency all season.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

flavor temper flavour

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Spring is my favorite ____ because the flowers bloom and temperatures rise.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Autumn is her favorite ____ because of the colorful leaves and crisp morning air.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English sāwan (“to sow”), sǣd (“seed”). Doublet of saison. Displaced native Middle English sele (“season”) (from Old English sǣl (“season, time, occasion”)), Middle English tide (“season, time of year”) (from Old English tīd (“time, period, yeartide, season”)).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"we saw, in six days' traveling, the several seasons of the year in their beauty and perfection" — c. 1705, Joseph Addison, Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703:

"We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, / But the wine and the song, / like the seasons, have all gone." — 1973, “Seasons in the Sun”, Jaques Brel (original version), Rod McKuen (lyrics), performed by Terry Jacks:

"Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season." — 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

"Curry, a four-time NBA champion with the Warriors, played for the Wildcats for three seasons between 2006 and 2009, where he was twice named conference player of the year. […] Curry has been named NBA regular season MVP twice and is an 11-time All Star." — 2025 March 11, Matias Grez, “Steph Curry accepts assistant general manager role at alma mater Davidson College”, in CNN:

"He seldom was seen in the office himself, but occasionally a paragraph in the paper recorded that his yacht had touched at Mentone and that he had been seen at the Monte Carlo tables, or that he was expected in Leicestershire for the season." — 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

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