1
: the season between spring and autumn comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of June, July, and August or as reckoned astronomically extending from the June solstice to the September equinox
2
: the warmer half of the year
3
: year
a girl of seventeen summers
4
: a period of maturing powers
1
: of, relating to, or suitable for summer
summer vacation
a summer home
2
: sown in the spring and harvested in the same year as sown
summer wheat
compare winter
summered; summering
ˈsə-mə-riŋ 
ˈsəm-riŋ
: to pass the summer
: to keep or carry through the summer
especially
: to provide (cattle, sheep, etc.) with pasture during the summer
Examples of summer in a Sentence
Noun
What are your plans for this summer?
We visited them two summers ago.
the first day of summer
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
After making her way across Europe in the spring, the pop star will headline a handful of arenas in North America next summer, beginning on July 23 in Boston.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 Dec. 2024
Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
Those beach days might be long behind us, but the supermodel is still making the most of her post-summer glow.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 4 Nov. 2022
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
The shutters went down, staff summered and meaningful business all but ground to a halt.
—Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 2 July 2024
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Noun
The Golden State Warriors appear to be on track to make a major move on Sunday the first date players signed over the summer can become trade-eligible.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
After making her way across Europe in the spring, the pop star will headline a handful of arenas in North America next summer, beginning on July 23 in Boston.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
The new allowances cut summer units from 10 to 8 and non-summer units from 6 to 5.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
Those beach days might be long behind us, but the supermodel is still making the most of her post-summer glow.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 4 Nov. 2022
Verb
Seeing his dad begin to wither away, Filip decided the thing that might lift Lars’s spirits would be a road trip to the south of France, where the Hammar family had summered for many a year.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
The shutters went down, staff summered and meaningful business all but ground to a halt.
—Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 2 July 2024
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“Summer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summer. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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summer
1 of 3 noun
sum·mer
ˈsəm-ər
1
: the season between spring and autumn that usually includes the months of June, July, and August in the northern hemisphere
2
: the warmer half of the year
3
: one of the years of one's life
a child of eight summers
4
: a time of fulfillment
summer
2 of 3 adjective
: of or for the summer
summer flowers
a summer job
summer
3 of 3 verb
summered; summering
ˈsəm-(ə-)riŋ
1
: to pass the summer
2
: to keep or carry through the summer
especially
: to provide (as cattle or sheep) with pasture during the summer
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