chiefly British
Examples of summertime in a Sentence
Noun (1)
We go there to pick strawberries in the summertime.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
There are shades of coming-of-age greats like Richard Linklater’s movies and Stand by Me in the small-town, summertime adventure that unfolds.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Daylight saving time is called by a variety of other names: daylight savings time, daylight time, summer time (not to be confused with summertime).
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Noun
On Thursday, Brian Cashman said to not expect Gil back until the summertime.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
There are shades of coming-of-age greats like Richard Linklater’s movies and Stand by Me in the small-town, summertime adventure that unfolds.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
However, this portion of the game will not be available in the first Early Access build, and will instead launch later in the year, likely around the summer time.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Daylight saving time is called by a variety of other names: daylight savings time, daylight time, summer time (not to be confused with summertime).
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for summertime
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“Summertime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summertime. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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summertime
noun
sum·mer·time
ˈsəm-ər-ˌtīm 
: the summer season or a period like summer
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