Autumn

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Autumn \Au"tumn\, n. [L. auctumnus, autumnus, perh. fr. a root
     av to satisfy one's self: cf. F. automne. See {Avarice}.]
     1. The third season of the year, or the season between summer
        and winter, often called "the {fall}." Astronomically, it
        begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal
        equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter


        solstice, about December 23; but in popular language,
        autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and
        November.
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     Note: In England, according to Johnson, autumn popularly
           comprises August, September, and October. In the
           southern hemisphere, the autumn corresponds to our
           spring.
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     2. The harvest or fruits of autumn. --Milton.
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     3. The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third
        stage.
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              Dr. Preston was now entering into the autumn of the
              duke's favor.                         --Fuller.
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              Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  autumn
       n : the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall
           of 1973" [syn: {fall}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "autumn":
     aestival, arctic, autumnal, boreal, brumal, canicular, equinoctial,
     fall, harvest, harvest home, harvest time, hibernal, hiemal,
     midsummer, midwinter, out of season, seasonal, solstitial, spring,
     springlike, summer, summerlike, summerly, summery, vernal, winter,
     winterlike, wintery, wintry