summer
♦♦ sum|mer /s'ʌmər/ (summers)
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Summer is the season between spring and autumn. In the summer the weather is usually warm or hot.
I escaped the heatwave in London earlier this summer and flew to Cork...
It was a perfect summer's day.
...in the summer of 1987.
...the summer holidays...
He used to spend childhood summers with his grandparents.
see also high summer, Indian summerhigh sum|mer
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High summer is the middle of summer.In|dian sum|mer (Indian summers)
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You can refer to a period of unusually warm and sunny weather during the autumn as an Indian summer.sum|mer camp (summer camps)
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In the United States, a summer camp is a place in the country where parents can pay to send their children during the school summer holidays. The children staying there can take part in many outdoor and social activities.sum|mer house (summer houses)
also summerhouse
1 [N-COUNT]
A summer house is a small building in a garden. It contains seats, and people can sit there in the summer.
2 [N-COUNT]
Someone's summer house is a house in the country or by the sea where they spend the summer.
He visited relatives at their summer house on the river.sum|mer school (summer schools)
1 [N-VAR]
A summer school is an educational course on a particular subject that is run during the summer. The students usually stay at the place where the summer school is being held. (mainly BRIT)
...a summer school for young professional singers.
2 [N-VAR]
Summer school is a summer term at a school, college, or university, for example for students who need extra teaching or who want to take extra courses. (mainly AM)sum|mer time
also summertime
1 [N-UNCOUNT] also the N
Summer time is the period of time during which the summer lasts.
It's a very beautiful place in the summertime.
2
see also British Summer Time
[N-VAR]
Summer is the season between spring and autumn. In the summer the weather is usually warm or hot.
I escaped the heatwave in London earlier this summer and flew to Cork...
It was a perfect summer's day.
...in the summer of 1987.
...the summer holidays...
He used to spend childhood summers with his grandparents.
see also high summer, Indian summerhigh sum|mer
[N-UNCOUNT]
High summer is the middle of summer.In|dian sum|mer (Indian summers)
[N-COUNT]
You can refer to a period of unusually warm and sunny weather during the autumn as an Indian summer.sum|mer camp (summer camps)
[N-COUNT]
In the United States, a summer camp is a place in the country where parents can pay to send their children during the school summer holidays. The children staying there can take part in many outdoor and social activities.sum|mer house (summer houses)
also summerhouse
1 [N-COUNT]
A summer house is a small building in a garden. It contains seats, and people can sit there in the summer.
2 [N-COUNT]
Someone's summer house is a house in the country or by the sea where they spend the summer.
He visited relatives at their summer house on the river.sum|mer school (summer schools)
1 [N-VAR]
A summer school is an educational course on a particular subject that is run during the summer. The students usually stay at the place where the summer school is being held. (mainly BRIT)
...a summer school for young professional singers.
2 [N-VAR]
Summer school is a summer term at a school, college, or university, for example for students who need extra teaching or who want to take extra courses. (mainly AM)sum|mer time
also summertime
1 [N-UNCOUNT] also the N
Summer time is the period of time during which the summer lasts.
It's a very beautiful place in the summertime.
2
see also British Summer Time